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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

NR

1939

106 minutes

DramaHistoryRomance

Overview

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

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Top Cast

Bette Davis headshot

Bette Davis

Queen Elizabeth

Errol Flynn headshot

Errol Flynn

The Earl of Essex

Olivia de Havilland headshot

Olivia de Havilland

Lady Penelope Gray

Donald Crisp headshot

Donald Crisp

Francis Bacon

Alan Hale headshot

Alan Hale

The Prince of Tyrone

Vincent Price headshot

Vincent Price

Sir Walter Raleigh

Henry Stephenson headshot

Henry Stephenson

Lord Burghley

Henry Daniell headshot

Henry Daniell

Sir Robert Cecil

James Stephenson headshot

James Stephenson

Sir Thomas Egerton

Nanette Fabray headshot

Nanette Fabray

Mistress Margaret Radcliffe

Ralph Forbes headshot

Ralph Forbes

Lord Knollys

Robert Warwick headshot

Robert Warwick

Lord Mountjoy

Leo G. Carroll headshot

Leo G. Carroll

Sir Edward Coke

Guy Bellis headshot

Guy Bellis

Lord Charles Howard (uncredited)

Jacob Dance headshot

Jacob Dance

Essex's Soldier (uncredited)

Forrester Harvey headshot

Forrester Harvey

Bit Part (uncredited)

Holmes Herbert headshot

Holmes Herbert

Majordomo (uncredited)

I. Stanford Jolley headshot

I. Stanford Jolley

Spectator Outside Whitehall Palace (uncredited)

Doris Lloyd headshot

Doris Lloyd

Handmaiden (uncredited)

John Sutton headshot

John Sutton

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

Rosella Towne headshot

Rosella Towne

Lady of the Court (uncredited)

Maris Wrixon headshot

Maris Wrixon

Lady of the Court (uncredited)