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Other articles where Jill Esmond is discussed: Laurence Olivier: …married three times, to actresses Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh, and Joan Plowright. Knighted in 1947, he became the first actor to receive a peerage in 1970, allowing him to sit in the House of Lords. Despite these honours, he retained his essential modesty; whenever asked if he should be addressed…
Jill Esmond (1908 - 1990) fue una actriz de Reino Unido conocida por: Juego sucio, Niebla en el pasado, Trece mujeres, F. P. 1 Doesn't Answer, My Pal Wolf, El fiscal, ¡Mira como tiemblo!, El hijo de Robin de los Bosques, El reverendo Peter Marshall y Escape.
Fille des acteurs Henry V. Esmond (en) (1869-1922, également dramaturge) et Eva Moore (1870-1955), Jill Esmond est naturellement portée comme eux vers le théâtre, où elle débute dans Peter Pan à Londres en 1922. Au début des années 1920, elle étudie à la Royal Academy of Dramatic Art de Londres. À la fin de ces mêmes années, elle ...
1 de ago. de 1990 · Jill Esmond, the comely film and stage actress of the 1930s and '40s whose divorce from Sir Laurence Olivier made possible his marriage to Vivien Leigh, has died.
18 de may. de 2024 · Laurence Olivier with his first wife, Jill Esmond, arriving in New York City, 1933.
9 de oct. de 2017 · Though Olivier was married to actress Jill Esmond at the time and Leigh was also married with a child, the pair took an immediate liking to one another.
Elegant, sophisticated British lead and supporting actress who fluctuated between stage and screen on both sides of the Atlantic. First wife of Laurence Olivier (1930-40), with whom she went to Hollywood for a screen test in 1931; both secured contracts with RKO, but Esmond was judged the more...
