Watch Young Bess (1953) Online

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. Read More

Watch Young Bess online. Featuring Jean Simmons and Stewart Granger, Young Bess is classified as Drama and History genre movie with an average rating across the web of 6.2. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was filmed in United States of America and was released on 1953. Young Bess was directed by George Sidney,Sidney Franklin. Read Less