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.

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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