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Young Bess (1953)

Young Bess (1953)

Drama Romance History

A Great and Spectacular Drama!

Release Date: 1953, May 29
Directors: George Sidney
Countries: United States of America
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast: Kathleen Byron, Jean Simmons, Dawn Addams, Norma Varden, Doris Lloyd, Elaine Stewart, Charles Laughton, Robert Arthur, Guy Rolfe, Leo G. Carroll, Patrick Whyte, Deborah Kerr

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

biography england 16th century queen historical figure tudor