Young Bess

A Great and Spectacular Drama!

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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.

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Cast

Jean Simmons actor Stewart Granger actor Deborah Kerr actor

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Charles Laughton actor

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Kay Walsh actor

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Guy Rolfe actor Kathleen Byron actor

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Cecil Kellaway actor

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Rex Thompson actor

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Robert Arthur actor Leo G. Carroll actor

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Norma Varden actor Alan Napier actor Noreen Corcoran actor

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Ivan Triesault actor

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Elaine Stewart actor Dawn Addams actor

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Doris Lloyd actor

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Lumsden Hare actor

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Lester Matthews actor