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Jill Esmond-Moore
Jill Esmond Moore
Jill Esmond
Acting
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…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Laurence Olivier: a life
as Self ( Archive footage)
A Man Called Peter
as Mrs. Findlay
Night People
as Frau Schindler / Rachel Cameron
Private Information
as Mrs. Charlotte Carson
Escape
as Grace Winton
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
as The Queen Mother
Bedelia
as Nurse Harris
The White Cliffs of Dover
as Rosamund
Casanova Brown
as Dr. Zernerke
My Pal, Wolf
as Elizabeth Munn