Jill Esmond

Jill Esmond

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.

  • Nosaukums: Jill Esmond
  • Popularitāte: 1.553
  • Pazīstams: Acting
  • Dzimšanas diena: 1908-01-26
  • Dzimšanas vieta: London, England, UK
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  • Zināms arī kā: Jill Esmond-Moore, Jill Esmond Moore
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  • 1942
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    Random Harvest

    Random Harvest

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  • 1948
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    Escape

    Escape

    5.7 1948 HD

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  • 1955
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    A Man Called Peter

    A Man Called Peter

    6.4 1955 HD

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  • 1946
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    Bedelia

    Bedelia

    5.2 1946 HD

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  • 1944
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    Casanova Brown

    Casanova Brown

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  • 1931
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    The Skin Game

    The Skin Game

    5.3 1931 HD

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  • 1932
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    Thirteen Women

    Thirteen Women

    6.3 1932 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Pied Piper

    The Pied Piper

    6.8 1942 HD

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  • 1954
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    Night People

    Night People

    5.9 1954 HD

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  • 1946
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    The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

    The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

    4.9 1946 HD

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  • 1932
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    State's Attorney

    State's Attorney

    6.7 1932 HD

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  • 1944
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    My Pal, Wolf

    My Pal, Wolf

    7.3 1944 HD

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  • 1932
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    Is My Face Red?

    Is My Face Red?

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  • 1932
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    Ladies of the Jury

    Ladies of the Jury

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  • 1931
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    Once a Lady

    Once a Lady

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  • 1933
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    F.P.1

    F.P.1

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  • 1942
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    This Above All

    This Above All

    6.6 1942 HD

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  • 1952
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    Private Information

    Private Information

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  • 1933
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    No Funny Business

    No Funny Business

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  • 1939
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    Prison Without Bars

    Prison Without Bars

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  • 1930
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    The Chinese Bungalow

    The Chinese Bungalow

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  • 1942
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    Journey for Margaret

    Journey for Margaret

    6.6 1942 HD

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    Eagle Squadron

    Eagle Squadron

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  • 1931
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    The Eternal Feminine

    The Eternal Feminine

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  • 1944
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    The White Cliffs of Dover

    The White Cliffs of Dover

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  • 1955
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.735 1955 HD

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