Young Bess

Plot

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 fi... read more

  • George Sidney

    Director

  • Jan Lustig

    Writer

  • Arthur Wimperis

    Screenplay

  • Margaret Irwin

    Novel

  • Charles Rosher

    Director of Photography

  • Ralph E. Winters

    Editor

  • Jean Simmons

    Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)

  • Stewart Granger

    Thomas Seymour

  • Deborah Kerr

    Catherine Parr

  • Charles Laughton

    King Henry VIII

  • Kay Walsh

    Mrs. Ashley

  • Guy Rolfe

    Ned Seymour

  • Kathleen Byron

    Ann Seymour

  • Cecil Kellaway

    Mr. Parry

  • Rex Thompson

    Prince Edward / King Edward VI

  • Robert Arthur

    Barnaby

  • Leo G. Carroll

    Mr. Mums

  • Norma Varden

    Lady Tyrwhitt

  • Alan Napier

    Robert Tyrwhitt

  • Noreen Corcoran

    Bess as a child

  • Ivan Triesault

    Danish Envoy

  • Elaine Stewart

    Anne Boleyn

  • Dawn Addams

    Kate Howard

  • Doris Lloyd

    Mother Jack

  • Lumsden Hare

    Archbishop Cranmer

  • Lester Matthews

    Sir William Paget

  • Runtime

    112 minutes

    Released

    1953-05-29

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

    Sound

  • Miklós Rózsa

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    636 days ago

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