Young Bess (1953)
Release Date: May 29, 1953 Limited
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This costume drama was based on the historical fiction of Margaret Irwin, which embellishes the facts of the early years of England's eventual Queen Elizabeth I. It's told in flashback style, starting with the horrible day when King Henry VIII (Charles Laughton) sends away the future queen, young Bess (Jean Simmons), and executes her mother, Anne Boleyn (Elaine Stewart). Some years and several wives later, Henry VIII invites Bess to return to the palace to live with Catherine Parr (Deborah
May 29, 1953 Limited
Jul 20, 1994
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Jean Simmons
Young Bess -
Stewart Granger
Thomas Seymour -
Deborah Kerr
Catherine Parr -
Charles Laughton
Henry VIII -
Kay Walsh
Mrs. Ashley -
Guy Rolfe
Ned Seymour -
Cecil Kellaway
Mr. Parry -
Rex Thompson
Edward -
Robert Arthur
Barnaby -
Leo G Carroll
Mr. Mums -
Norma Varden
Lady Tyrwhitt -
Alan Napier
Robert Tyrwhitt -
Noreen Corcoran
Young Bess Age 6 -
Ivan Triesault
Danish Envoy -
Elaine Stewart
Anne Boleyn -
Dawn Addams
Kate Howard -
Doris Lloyd
Mother Jack -
Lumsden Hare
Archbishop Thomas Cramm... -
Lester Matthews
Sir William Paget -
Kathleen Byron
Anne Seymour -
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Charles R. Keane
Halberdiers -
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Carl Saxe
Executioner -
Reginald Sheffield
Court Recorder -
Ann Tyrrell
Mary -
Patrick Whyte
Officer -
Ian Wolfe
Stranger -
David Cavendish
Council Man -
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Fay Wall
Woman -
John Sheffield
English Officers
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Nicely mounted but fictionalized account of royal intrigues, in which Charles Laughton reprised his role of King Henry VIII (after winning Oscar for it back in 1933).
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