Profile
Jill Esmond
Actor
Female
Born
Jan 26, 1908
Hometown
England
Died
Jul 28, 1990
Death Place
London
Other Names
Moore, Jill Esmond
Jill Esmond was an English actress and first wife of Laurence Olivier.
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Timeline
Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Jill Esmond.
CHILDHOOD
1908
Birth
Born on January 26, 1908.
TEENAGE
1922
14 Years Old
When her father died suddenly in 1922, Esmond returned to school and at the time considered abandoning her ambition to act.
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1925
17 Years Old
In 1925, she starred with her mother in a play Mary, Mary Quite Contrary, and after a few more successful roles, won critical praise for her part as a young suicide in Outward Bound.
TWENTIES
1928
20 Years Old
In 1928 she appeared in the production of Bird in the Hand where she met fellow cast member Laurence Olivier for the first time.
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1930
22 Years Old
Determined to be near Esmond, he travelled to New York 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; they had one son, Tarquin Olivier (born 21 August 1936), who later became a film producer.
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1931
23 Years Old
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.
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THIRTIES
1940
32 Years Old
Esmond withstood the publicity of Olivier's affair with Vivien Leigh and did not seek a divorce. Pressed by Olivier, who was anxious to marry Leigh, she eventually agreed and they were divorced on 29 January 1940.
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1942
34 Years Old
She starred in the Broadway production of Emlyn Williams' play The Morning Star in 1942, a production noted for the acting debut of Gregory Peck.
FORTIES
1955
47 Years Old
Her acting appearances grew more sporadic with the passage of time and she made her final film appearance in 1955 but did have a recurring role as Eleanor of Aquitaine in the late '50s TV series The Adventures of Robin Hood.
LATE ADULTHOOD
1989
81 Years Old
She attended his memorial service in October 1989 at Westminster Abbey, frail and in a wheelchair.
1990
83 Years Old
She was 82 years old when she died on 28 July 1990 in Wandsworth, London.
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