Jill Esmond
Highest Rated: 100% The Pied Piper (1942)
Lowest Rated: 38% The Skin Game (1931)
Birthday: Jan 26, 1908
Birthplace: London, England, UK
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 desirable film property and made several Hollywood films, often playing socialites, before returning to the London stage with Olivier in the early 1930s. She became a supporting player during the 1940s. Mother of Olivier's first son, (Simon) Tarquin Olivier.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 85% | A Man Called Peter | Mrs. Findlay (Character) | - | 1955 |
| 86% | No Score Yet | Night People | Frau Schindler (Character) | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Private Information | Charlotte (Character) | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | The Bandit of Sherwood Forest | The Queen Mother (Character) | - | 1946 |
| 80% | 59% | The White Cliffs of Dover | Rosamund (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | 32% | Casanova Brown | Dr. Zernerke (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Pal, Wolf | Miss Elizabeth Munn (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | This Above All | Emily (Character) | - | 1942 |
| 90% | 88% | Random Harvest | Lydia Rainier (Character) | - | 1942 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | On the Sunny Side | Mrs. Aylesworth (Character) | - | 1942 |
| No Score Yet | 59% | Journey for Margaret | Susan Fleming (Character) | - | 1942 |
| 100% | 78% | The Pied Piper | Mrs. Cavanaugh (Character) | - | 1942 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | F.P.1 Doesn't Answer | Claire Lennartz (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Is My Face Red? | Mildred Huntington (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | State's Attorney | Lillian Ulrich (Character) | - | 1932 |
| 56% | 34% | Thirteen Women | Jo Turner (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ladies of the Jury | Mrs. Yvette Gordon (Character) | - | 1932 |
| 38% | 17% | The Skin Game | Jill (Character) | - | 1931 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Queen Eleanor (Guest Star) | 1955-1956 |