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...

Known For

The Skin Game

as Jill Hillcrist

Thirteen Women

as Jo Turner

Cast Credits

A Man Called Peter

as Mrs. Findlay

Night People

as Frau Schindler / Rachel Cameron

Private Information

as Mrs. Charlotte Carson

Escape

as Grace Winton

Bedelia

as Nurse Harris

My Pal, Wolf

as Elizabeth Munn

Casanova Brown

as Dr. Zernerke

Journey for Margaret

as Susan Fleming

The Pied Piper

as Mrs. Cavanaugh

Eagle Squadron

as Phyllis

This Above All

as Nurse Emily Harvey

F.P.1

as Claire Lennartz

No Funny Business

as Anne Moore

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

Once a Lady

as Faith Penwick

The Skin Game

as Jill Hillcrist