Jill Esmond
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 26, 1908, London, England, UK
- Died
- July 20, 1990
- Movies
- 26
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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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1982 | Laurence Olivier: A Life | Self ( Archive footage) |
| 1955 | A Man Called Peter | Mrs. Findlay |
| 1954 | Night People | Frau Schindler / Rachel Cameron |
| 1952 | Private Information | Mrs. Charlotte Carson |
| 1948 | Escape | Grace Winton |
| 1946 | Bedelia | Nurse Harris |
| 1946 | The Bandit of Sherwood Forest | The Queen Mother |
| 1944 | My Pal, Wolf | Elizabeth Munn |
| 1944 | Casanova Brown | Dr. Zernerke |
| 1944 | The White Cliffs of Dover | Rosamund |
| 1942 | Random Harvest | Lydia |
| 1942 | Journey for Margaret | Susan Fleming |
| 1942 | The Pied Piper | Mrs. Cavanaugh |
| 1942 | Eagle Squadron | Phyllis |
| 1942 | This Above All | Nurse Emily Harvey |
| 1939 | Prison Without Bars | |
| 1933 | F.P.1 | Claire Lennartz |
| 1933 | No Funny Business | Anne Moore |
| 1932 | Thirteen Women | Jo Turner |
| 1932 | Is My Face Red? | Mildred Huntington |
| 1932 | State's Attorney | Lillian Ulrich |
| 1932 | Ladies of the Jury | Yvette Gordon |
| 1931 | Once a Lady | Faith Penwick |
| 1931 | The Skin Game | Jill Hillcrist |
| 1931 | The Eternal Feminine | Claire Lee |
| 1930 | The Chinese Bungalow | Jean Sing |
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