Young Bess

IMDb 5.7 1953 • 112 min • DramaHistoryRomance

Director

George Sidney

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Jean Simmons
Jean Simmons Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)
Stewart Granger
Stewart Granger Thomas Seymour
Deborah Kerr
Deborah Kerr Catherine Parr
Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton King Henry VIII
Kay Walsh
Kay Walsh Mrs. Ashley