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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. W
Gender: Female
Born On: 26-Jan-1908
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Jill Esmond's Filmography on TV
List of programs starring Jill Esmond on tv. Programs are sorted in order of last seen on tv. Last updated: Nov 26, 2024 4:55 AM
Private Information (1952)
A woman suspects that the local council is corrupt and building defective drains that could cause public health issues.
Il fuggitivo (1948)
A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl.
Bedelia (1946)
Bedelia Carrington is living happily, it appears, in Monte Carlo with her husband Charlie Carrington (Ian Hunter.) But a cultivated young artist, Ben Chaney (Barry K. Barnes), begins probing into her past with curious concern. Chaney, who is really a detective, learns that Bedelia's obsession for money has led her, in the past, to husband-poisoning for the insurance money.
This Above All (1942)
In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF service branch. She soon meets and falls in love with the brooding Clive Briggs, despite his prejudice against the upper classes, and agrees to spend a week with him at a Dover hotel. When Clive's soldier friend, Monty, arrives to retrieve him, Prudence learns that Clive went AWOL after Dunkirk, and urges him to recall why England must fight the war.