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Young Bess

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.

1953 |1h 52m |  Drama, History, Romance

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Jean Simmons

Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)

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Stewart Granger

Thomas Seymour

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Deborah Kerr

Catherine Parr

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Charles Laughton

King Henry VIII

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Kay Walsh

Mrs. Ashley

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Guy Rolfe

Ned Seymour

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Kathleen Byron

Ann Seymour

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Cecil Kellaway

Mr. Parry

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Rex Thompson

Prince Edward / King Edward VI

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Robert Arthur

Barnaby

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Leo G. Carroll

Mr. Mums

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Norma Varden

Lady Tyrwhitt

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Alan Napier

Robert Tyrwhitt

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Noreen Corcoran

Bess as a child

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Ivan Triesault

Danish Envoy

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Elaine Stewart

Anne Boleyn

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Dawn Addams

Kate Howard

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Doris Lloyd

Mother Jack

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Lumsden Hare

Archbishop Cranmer

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Lester Matthews

Sir William Paget

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Status

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Language

English

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