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Jill Esmond‌

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Birthday

calendar1908-01-26

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Jill Esmond

London, England, UK

Jill Esmond

London, England, UK

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1908-01-26

Popularity

star1.1

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jill Esmond (26 January 1908 – 28 July 1990) was an English actress and first wife of Sir Laurence Olivier. In 1928 Esmond (billed as Jill Esmond Moore) appeared in the production of Bird in the Hand, where she met fellow cast member Laurence Olivier for the first time. Three weeks later, he proposed to her. In his autobiography Olivier later wrote that he was smitten with Esmond, and that her cool indifference to him did nothing but further his ardour. When Bird in the Hand was being staged on Broadway, Esmond was chosen to join the American production – but Olivier was not. Determined to be near Esmond, Olivier travelled to New York City where he found work as an actor. Esmond won rave reviews for her performance. Olivier continued to follow Esmond, and after proposing to her several times, she agreed and the couple were married on 25 July 1930 at All Saints', Margaret Street; within weeks, the couple regretted their marriage. They had one son, Tarquin Olivier (born 21 August 1936). Returning to the United Kingdom, Esmond made her film debut with a starring role in an early Alfred Hitchcock film The Skin Game (1931), and over the next few years appeared in several British and (pre-Code) Hollywood films, including Thirteen Women (1932). She also appeared in two Broadway productions with Olivier, Private Lives in 1931 with Noël Coward and Gertrude Lawrence and The Green Bay Tree in 1933. Esmond's career continued to ascend while Olivier's own career languished, but after a couple of years, when his career began to show promise, she began to refuse roles. Esmond had been promised a role by David O. Selznick in A Bill of Divorcement (1932) but at only half-salary. Olivier had discovered that Katharine Hepburn had been offered a much greater salary, and convinced Esmond to turn down the role. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jill Esmond, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

Random Harvest

Random Harvest‌
star7.2
calendar 1942

Escape

Escape‌
star5.7
calendar 1948

A Man Called Peter

A Man Called Peter‌
star6.4
calendar 1955

Bedelia

Bedelia‌
star5.2
calendar 1946

Casanova Brown

Casanova Brown‌
star6.3
calendar 1944

The Skin Game

The Skin Game‌
star5.3
calendar 1931

Thirteen Women

Thirteen Women‌
star6.3
calendar 1932

The Pied Piper

The Pied Piper‌
star6.8
calendar 1942

Night People

Night People‌
star5.9
calendar 1954

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest‌
star4.9
calendar 1946

State's Attorney

State's Attorney‌
star6.7
calendar 1932

My Pal, Wolf

My Pal, Wolf‌
star7.3
calendar 1944

Is My Face Red?

Is My Face Red?‌
star5.0
calendar 1932

Ladies of the Jury

Ladies of the Jury‌
star6.4
calendar 1932

Once a Lady

Once a Lady‌
star3.5
calendar 1931

F.P.1

F.P.1‌
star6.4
calendar 1933

This Above All

This Above All‌
star6.6
calendar 1942

Private Information

Private Information‌
star6.4
calendar 1952

No Funny Business

No Funny Business‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

Prison Without Bars

Prison Without Bars‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

The Chinese Bungalow

The Chinese Bungalow‌
star0.0
calendar 1930

Journey for Margaret

Journey for Margaret‌
star6.6
calendar 1942

Eagle Squadron

Eagle Squadron‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

The Eternal Feminine

The Eternal Feminine‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

The White Cliffs of Dover

The White Cliffs of Dover‌
star6.7
calendar 1944

Tv Credits

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955