Young Bess (1953)

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Young Bess (Original Title)

StoryLine

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.

Details

Tag Line: A Great and Spectacular Drama!
Original Language: en
Release Date: 29/05/1953
Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Run Time: 112 min
Popularity: 5.734
Spoken Languages: English
Status: Released