Young Bess

Young Bess

1953 | 1h 52m | Drama, Biography | TV-G

Brief Synopsis

A fiery teenage princess, the future Elizabeth I, loses her heart but saves her head as royal heads fall around her.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

George Sidney

CAST

Jean Simmons

Stewart Granger

Deborah Kerr

Charles Laughton

Guy Rolfe

PRODUCERS

Sidney Franklin

WRITERS

Jan Lustig

Arthur Wimperis

Host Intros

02:06
Michael Feinstein Intro -- Young Bess (1953)
Intro Aired: Aug 2016
Guest host Michael Feinstein introduces Young Bess, 1953.

Related Videos

Young Bess (1953) -- (Movie Clip) -- You'd Shape The World
Clip
At sea with her father King Henry VIII (Charles Laughton), Elizabeth (Jean Simmons) tries to save stepmother Catherine Parr (Deborah Kerr) from his charges of heresy, Admiral Seymour (Stewart Granger) unable to help, in Young Bess, 1953.
Young Bess (1953) -- (Movie Clip) -- The King's Daughter
Clip
First scene in which Princess Elizabeth has grown to be Jean Simmons, defiant but swooning when Admiral Seymour (Stewart Granger, Simmon's then-husband) arrives, sent by her father Henry VIII to fetch her, in George Sidney's Young Bess, 1953.
Young Bess (1953) -- (Movie Clip) -- Ships Make History!
Clip
Troublesome Princess Elizabeth (Jean Simmons) with tutor Mums (Leo G. Carroll), then confessing her admiration for an admiral to guardian Mrs. Ashley (Kay Walsh), in MGM's Young Bess, 1953.
04:09
Young Bess - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
Jean Simmons plays the daughter of King Henry VIII (Charles Laughton) destined to become Queen Elizabeth I in Young Bess (1953).

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