Queen Elizabeth — The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex Character Profile

About Queen Elizabeth

The aging monarch of England, deeply conflicted between her romantic attachment to Essex and her political necessity to maintain absolute control and court stability.

Queen Elizabeth — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Bette Davis

Appears in

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (3)

• Queen Elizabeth — Professional Monarch And Advisor — Francis Bacon (Donald Crisp)

  A formal professional relationship where Bacon provides counsel to the Queen.

• Queen Elizabeth — Conflict Court Adversary — Sir Walter Raleigh (Vincent Price)

  A tense court dynamic where Raleigh's opposition undermines the Queen's favorite.

• Queen Elizabeth — Romantic Lovers — The Earl of Essex (Errol Flynn)

  A deep romantic attachment complicated by political duty and mutual pride.

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More characters from The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

• The Earl of Essex (Errol Flynn)
• Lady Penelope Gray (Olivia de Havilland)
• Francis Bacon (Donald Crisp)
• Lord Knollys (Ralph Forbes)
• The Prince of Tyrone (Alan Hale)
• Lord Mountjoy (Robert Warwick)
• Essex's Soldier (uncredited) (Jacob Dance)
• Lord Charles Howard (uncredited) (Guy Bellis)
• Lady of the Court (uncredited) (Rosella Towne)
• Spectator Outside Whitehall Palace (uncredited) (I. Stanford Jolley)
• Capt. Armand of the Queen's Guard (uncredited) (John Sutton)
• Sir Walter Raleigh (Vincent Price)