Jill Esmond

Personal Info

Birthday

January 26, 1908

Day of Death

1990-07-20

(82 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

Jill Esmond-Moore

Jill Esmond Moore

Jill Esmond

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.

Known For

The Skin Game

A Man Called Peter

The White Cliffs of Dover

Is My Face Red?

Random Harvest

Night People

The Pied Piper

This Above All

Filmography

1982
Laurence Olivier: a life
as Self ( Archive footage)
1955
A Man Called Peter
as Mrs. Findlay
1954
Night People
as Frau Schindler / Rachel Cameron
1952
Private Information
as Mrs. Charlotte Carson
1948
Escape
as Grace Winton
1946
Bedelia
as Nurse Harris
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
as The Queen Mother
1944
My Pal, Wolf
as Elizabeth Munn
Casanova Brown
as Dr. Zernerke
The White Cliffs of Dover
as Rosamund
1942
Random Harvest
as Lydia
Journey for Margaret
as Susan Fleming
The Pied Piper
as Mrs. Cavanaugh
Eagle Squadron
as Phyllis
This Above All
as Nurse Emily Harvey
1933
F.P.1
as Claire Lennartz
No Funny Business
as Anne Moore
1932
Thirteen Women
as Jo Turner
Is My Face Red?
as Mildred Huntington
State's Attorney
as Lillian Ulrich
Ladies of the Jury
as Yvette Gordon
1931
Once a Lady
as Faith Penwick
The Skin Game
as Jill Hillcrist
The Eternal Feminine
as Claire Lee
1930
The Chinese Bungalow
as Jean Sing