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Jean Simmons
Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)
Movie1953112 minReleasedUS NR
Young Bess
A Great and Spectacular Drama!
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.
DramaHistoryRomance
Crew
Key crew roles and departments.
JL
Jan Lustig
Screenplay
Writing
George Sidney
Director
Directing
MI
Margaret Irwin
Novel
Writing
Charles Rosher
Director of Photography
Camera
GR
George Rhein
Assistant Director
Directing
HJ
Henri Jaffa
Colorist
Editing
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
Costume & Make-Up
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
Crew
William Tuttle
Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up
Ralph E. Winters
Editor
Editing
JD
Jack D. Moore
Set Decoration
Art
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