Bess — The Adventures of Robin Hood Character Profile

About Bess

Maid Marian's loyal nursemaid who relays the assassination plot against King Richard to Much the Miller's Son. Her warning enables the outlaws to intercept and eliminate Dickon Malbete, preventing the king's murder.

Character Facts

Played by

Una O'Connor

Appears in

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Role

Supporting

More characters from The Adventures of Robin Hood

• Robin Hood (Errol Flynn)
• Maid Marian (Olivia de Havilland)
• Sir Guy of Gisbourne (Basil Rathbone)
• Prince John (Claude Rains)
• Much (Herbert Mundin)
• Will Scarlett (Patric Knowles)
• Dickon Malbete (Harry Cording)
• Bishop of the Black Canons (Montagu Love)
• Sir Ivor (Lester Matthews)
• Sir Ralf (Robert Noble)
• Sir Essex (Leonard Willey)
• Sir Mortimer (Kenneth Hunter)