Young Bess

"A Great and Spectacular Drama!"

May 29 1953 Approved 1h 52m
Biography, Drama, Romance

The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Jean Simmons portrays young Bess in this rich tapestry of a film that traces the tumultuous, danger-fraught years from Elizabeth's birth to her unexpected ascension to the throne at a mere 25. Charles Laughton reprises his Academy Award®-winning* role as her formidable father Henry VIII. Deborah Kerr plays her last stepmother (and Henry's last of six wives), gentle Catherine Parr. And Simmons' then real-life husband, Stewart Granger, adds heroics as Lord Admiral Thomas Seymour. In a resplendent world of adventure, romance and court intrigue, Young Bess reigns.

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Plot

Chronicles the life of queen Elizabeth I, before she became the queen of England. Apart from taking part in the court intrigues, she is unhappily in love with admiral Thomas Seymour, and dreams of building a navy to match the Portuguese and the Spanish.

Written by

Margaret Irwin, Jan Lustig, Arthur Wimperis

Directed by

George Sidney

Cast

Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 1 win & 3 nominations total

Trailers
Young Bess - Available Now on DVD
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