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