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Young Bess( 1953)

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A Great and Spectacular Drama!

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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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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      Patrick Whyte

      Officer

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Dec 24 2022
    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...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • england
    • queen
    • biography
    • tudor
    • historical figure
    • 16th century