The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

Elizabeth I's love for the Earl of Essex threatens to destroy her kingdom.

This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.

US

Made in US

6.3/10

1939

Drama
History
Romance
Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Bette Davis

Bette Davis

As Queen Elizabeth

Errol Flynn

Errol Flynn

As The Earl of Essex

Olivia de Havilland

Olivia de Havilland

As Lady Penelope Gray

Donald Crisp

Donald Crisp

As Francis Bacon

Alan Hale

Alan Hale

As The Prince of Tyrone

Vincent Price

Vincent Price

As Sir Walter Raleigh

Henry Stephenson

Henry Stephenson

As Lord Burghley

Henry Daniell

Henry Daniell

As Sir Robert Cecil

James Stephenson

James Stephenson

As Sir Thomas Egerton

Nanette Fabray

Nanette Fabray

As Mistress Margaret Radcliffe

Ralph Forbes

Ralph Forbes

As Lord Knollys

Robert Warwick

Robert Warwick

As Lord Mountjoy

Leo G. Carroll

Leo G. Carroll

As Sir Edward Coke

Guy Bellis

Guy Bellis

As Lord Charles Howard (uncredited)

Jacob Dance

Jacob Dance

As Essex's Soldier (uncredited)

Forrester Harvey

Forrester Harvey

As Bit Part (uncredited)

Holmes Herbert

Holmes Herbert

As Majordomo (uncredited)

I. Stanford Jolley

I. Stanford Jolley

As Spectator Outside Whitehall Palace (uncredited)

Doris Lloyd

Doris Lloyd

As Handmaiden (uncredited)

John Sutton

John Sutton

As Capt. Armand of the Queen's Guard (uncredited)

Rosella Towne

Rosella Towne

As Lady of the Court (uncredited)

Maris Wrixon

Maris Wrixon

As Lady of the Court (uncredited)

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