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DramaHistoryRomance

Young Bess

- A Great and Spectacular Drama!

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.

Release Date : 1953-05-29

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Jean Simmons

Character Name : Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)

Original Name : Jean Simmons

Gender : Female

Stewart Granger

Character Name : Thomas Seymour

Original Name : Stewart Granger

Gender : Male

Deborah Kerr

Character Name : Catherine Parr

Original Name : Deborah Kerr

Gender : Female

Charles Laughton

Character Name : King Henry VIII

Original Name : Charles Laughton

Gender : Male

Kay Walsh

Character Name : Mrs. Ashley

Original Name : Kay Walsh

Gender : Female

Guy Rolfe

Character Name : Ned Seymour

Original Name : Guy Rolfe

Gender : Male

Kathleen Byron

Character Name : Ann Seymour

Original Name : Kathleen Byron

Gender : Female

Cecil Kellaway

Character Name : Mr. Parry

Original Name : Cecil Kellaway

Gender : Male

Rex Thompson

Character Name : Prince Edward / King Edward VI

Original Name : Rex Thompson

Gender : Male

Robert Arthur

Character Name : Barnaby

Original Name : Robert Arthur

Gender : Male

Leo G. Carroll

Character Name : Mr. Mums

Original Name : Leo G. Carroll

Gender : Male

Norma Varden

Character Name : Lady Tyrwhitt

Original Name : Norma Varden

Gender : Female

Alan Napier

Character Name : Robert Tyrwhitt

Original Name : Alan Napier

Gender : Male

Noreen Corcoran

Character Name : Bess as a child

Original Name : Noreen Corcoran

Gender : Female

Ivan Triesault

Character Name : Danish Envoy

Original Name : Ivan Triesault

Gender : Male

Elaine Stewart

Character Name : Anne Boleyn

Original Name : Elaine Stewart

Gender : Female

Dawn Addams

Character Name : Kate Howard

Original Name : Dawn Addams

Gender : Female

Doris Lloyd

Character Name : Mother Jack

Original Name : Doris Lloyd

Gender : Female

Lumsden Hare

Character Name : Archbishop Cranmer

Original Name : Lumsden Hare

Gender : Male

Lester Matthews

Character Name : Sir William Paget

Original Name : Lester Matthews

Gender : Male

Patrick Whyte

Character Name : Officer

Original Name : Patrick Whyte

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-12-24

Maybe not quite how it actually happened, but this was Hollywood, remember. Jean Simmons plays the Princess Elizabeth brought up in rags and riches depending on the whim of her father Henry VIII (rather rumbustiously played by Charles Laughton). Meantime Thomas Seymour (a handsome, swashbuckling rogue played by Stewart Granger) is marrying Henry's widow Catherine Parr (Deborah Kerr) and so we have our menage-a-trois. History is fact about the marriage; much less so about the "love affair" between Elizabeth and Seymour. This film follows her coming-of-age as she navigates the political intrigues after her father's death. It's is colourful and engaging - her two servants add quite a lot too. It's entertainment though, nothing too educational.