---
title: 'Young Bess (1953)'
type: 'film'
director: 'George Sidney'
released: '1953-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 112
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/young-bess-1953'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046564/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Young Bess (1953)

1953 · 112 min · Drama, History, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Young Bess is a 1953 Technicolor biographical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer about the early life of Elizabeth I, from her turbulent childhood to the eve of her accession to the throne of England. It stars Jean Simmons as Elizabeth and Stewart Granger as Thomas Seymour, with Charles Laughton as Elizabeth's father, Henry VIII, a part he had played 20 years before in The Private Life of Henry VIII. The film was directed by George Sidney and produced by Sidney Franklin, from a screenplay by Jan Lustig and Arthur Wimperis based on the novel of the same title by Margaret Irwin (1944).

## Credits

- **Director:** [George Sidney](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-sidney)
- **Screenplay:** [Jan Lustig](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-lustig), [Arthur Wimperis](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-wimperis)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Miklós Rózsa](https://cinepixo.com/people/miklos-rozsa)
- **Producer:** [Sidney Franklin](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-franklin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Charles Rosher](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-rosher)
- **Editor:** [Ralph E. Winters](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-e-winters)

## Cast

- [Kay Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/kay-walsh) as Mrs. Ashley
- [Alan Napier](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-napier) as Robert Tyrwhitt
- [Lester Matthews](https://cinepixo.com/people/lester-matthews) as William Paget, 1st Baron Paget
- [Lumsden Hare](https://cinepixo.com/people/lumsden-hare) as Thomas Cranmer
- [Al Ferguson](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-ferguson)
- [Stewart Granger](https://cinepixo.com/people/stewart-granger) as Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley
- [Jean Simmons](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-simmons) as Elizabeth I of England
- [Ann Tyrrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-tyrrell) as Mary I
- [Deborah Kerr](https://cinepixo.com/people/deborah-kerr) as Catherine Parr
- [Charles Laughton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-laughton) as Henry VIII of England
- [Doris Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-lloyd) as Mother Jack
- [Elaine Stewart](https://cinepixo.com/people/elaine-stewart) as Ana Bolena
- [Dawn Addams](https://cinepixo.com/people/dawn-addams) as Catherine Howard
- [Kathleen Byron](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-byron) as Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset
- [Ian Wolfe](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-wolfe)

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