Movie · 1939
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
“Elizabeth I's love for the Earl of Essex threatens to destroy her kingdom.”
Released 11 November 1939 106 min Drama / History / Romance More from 1939 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.
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How old were they?
Henry Stephenson
as Lord Burghley
Robert Warwick
as Lord Mountjoy
Donald Crisp
as Francis Bacon
Holmes Herbert
as Majordomo (uncredited)
Leo G. Carroll
as Sir Edward Coke
James Stephenson
as Sir Thomas Egerton
Alan Hale
as The Prince of Tyrone
Henry Daniell
as Sir Robert Cecil
Ralph Forbes
as Lord Knollys
Bette Davis
as Queen Elizabeth
Errol Flynn
as The Earl of Essex
Vincent Price
as Sir Walter Raleigh
Olivia de Havilland
as Lady Penelope Gray
Nanette Fabray
as Mistress Margaret Radcliffe
Guy Bellis
as Lord Charles Howard (uncredited)
Jacob Dance
as Essex's Soldier (uncredited)
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The numbers
49years between the oldest and youngest billed
68Henry Stephenson — oldest on the call sheet
19Nanette Fabray — youngest billed
43average age of the credited cast