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Jill Esmond is a Actor British born on 26 january 1908 at London (United-kingdom)
Jill Esmond (26 January 1908 – 28 July 1990) was an English stage and screen actress. She was the first wife of Laurence Olivier.
To the end of his life, Olivier continued alimony payments to Esmond. Esmond kept in touch with Olivier, and in a letter to their son Tarquin, said "It's funny after all that time how I can still love him so much." Frail and in a wheelchair, she attended Olivier's memorial service in October 1989 at Westminster Abbey.
Esmond was predominantly lesbian; this was socially unacceptable in her lifetime, and was rarely mentioned.
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Birth name Jill Esmond Moore
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 26 january 1908 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 20 july 1990 (at 82 years) at Wimbledon (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 26 january 1908 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 20 july 1990 (at 82 years) at Wimbledon (United-kingdom)
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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. She returned briefly to acting and appeared in such popular films as Journey for Margaret, The Pied Piper and Random Harvest , all in 1942 and The White Cliffs of Dover (1944).To the end of his life, Olivier continued alimony payments to Esmond. Esmond kept in touch with Olivier, and in a letter to their son Tarquin, said "It's funny after all that time how I can still love him so much." Frail and in a wheelchair, she attended Olivier's memorial service in October 1989 at Westminster Abbey.
Esmond was predominantly lesbian; this was socially unacceptable in her lifetime, and was rarely mentioned.
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A Man Called Peter (1955)
, 1h59Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Children's films
Actors Richard Todd, Jean Peters, Marjorie Rambeau, Edward Earle, Jill Esmond, Les Tremayne
Roles Mrs. Findlay
Rating70%
Night People (1954)
, 1h33Directed by Nunnally Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Gregory Peck, Broderick Crawford, Anita Björk, Rita Gam, Walter Abel, Buddy Ebsen
Roles Frau Schindler / Rachel Cameron
Rating64%
Allied enemies kidnap Corporal John "Johnny" Leatherby, a young American soldier in West Berlin. Lt. Col. Steve Van Dyke, the American provost marshal assigned to investigate, learns through his East German contact Frau "Hoffy" Hoffmeir that the soldier has been kidnapped by East German agents who want to trade him for a pair of elderly Germans. At the same time, the Soviet Union has closed border posts into Berlin, suggesting an impending international crisis. Johnny's father, Charles Leatherby, is a wealthy and politically influential industrialist from Toledo, Ohio, and flies to Berlin to bully the military bureaucracy into finding his son. Accustomed to being in charge and never refused, he issues a demand that the military attempt to bribe the East German government using Leatherby's money. Van Dyke is offended by Leatherby's arrogance and ignorance. ("You're a big wheel in the axle grease business. You're a personal friend of Senator...McDinglehoffer," he scoffs.
Escape (1948)
, 1h18Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Noir
Themes Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Rex Harrison, Peggy Cummins, William Hartnell, Norman Wooland, Jill Esmond, Frederick Piper
Roles Grace Winton
Rating65%
A former RAF squadron leader, Matt Denant goes to Hendley, England to visit an airfield run by Titch, a friend. An employee there named Rodgers asks if he would kindly make a large wager for him on a horse. Denant does, but when the horse loses, Rodgers makes a promise to repay him.
Bedelia (1946)
, 1h30Directed by Lance Comfort
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical, Crime
Actors Margaret Lockwood, Ian Hunter, Barry K. Barnes, Anne Crawford, Beatrice Varley, Louise Hampton
Roles Nurse Harris
Rating65%
Bedelia Carrington (Margaret Lockwood) is apparently happily married and living in Monte Carlo with Charlie Carrington (Ian Hunter.) However, a cultivated young artist, Ben Chaney (Barry K. Barnes), begins probing into her past with curious concern. Chaney, in reality a detective, suspects that Bedelia's obsession for money has led her, in the past, to dispose of more than one husband for the insurance money.
, 1h26Directed by Henry Levin, George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Actors Anita Louise, Jill Esmond, Edgar Buchanan, Cornel Wilde, Henry Daniell, George Macready
Roles The Queen Mother
Rating58%
Robert de Notthingham, fils de Robin des Bois, vient au secours de la Reine Mère et de Lady Catherine Maitland. Ces dernières fuient le cruel William de Pembroke qui a emprisonné le Roi dans son château. En digne héritier de son père, Robert et les hommes de la Forêt de Sherwood vont affronter Pembroke et son armée de traîtres à la couronne d'Angleterre.
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
, 2h6Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Irene Dunne, Alan Marshal, Roddy McDowall, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Morgan, Gladys Cooper
Roles Rosamund
Rating69%
At the height of World War II, Lady Susan Ashwood (Irene Dunne) is a nurse in a British hospital, awaiting the arrival of some wounded men. She thinks back to how she came to Britain many years before.
Casanova Brown (1944)
, 1h34Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Frank Morgan, Anita Louise, Edmund Breon, Patricia Collinge
Roles Dr. Zernerke
Rating62%
Arriving in a small Illinois town by train, Casanova Brown is met by Madge Ferris and tells her not to bring up his trip to New York.
My Pal, Wolf (1944)
, 1h14Directed by Alfred L. Werker, Fred Fleck
Origin USA
Actors Sharyn Moffett, Jill Esmond, Una O'Connor, George Cleveland, Charles Arnt, Claire Carleton
Roles Elizabeth Munn
Rating61%
This Above All (1942)
, 1h58Directed by Anatole Litvak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romantic drama, Romance
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Joan Fontaine, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Stephenson, Nigel Bruce, Philip Merivale
Roles Nurse Emily Harvey
Rating65%
Spending leave together on the South Coast during the Battle of Britain and the beginning of the blitz, Clive and Prudence have an affair. Having survived Dunkirk, but having a crisis of conscience over what the war is being fought for and disgusted at the incompetence of the ruling elite, Clive decides not to return to the Army and to go absent without leave.
Random Harvest (1942)
, 2h5Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, Philip Dorn, Susan Peters, Henry Travers, Margaret Wycherly
Roles Lydia
Rating78%
"John Smith" (Ronald Colman) is a British officer who was gassed and became shell shocked in the trenches during the First World War. He is confined to an asylum as an unidentified inmate because he has lost his memory and has trouble speaking. When the war ends, jubilation erupts in the nearby town of Melbridge and the gatekeepers abandon their posts to join the celebration. With no one to stop him, Smith simply wanders off.
Eagle Squadron (1942)
, 1h49Directed by Arthur Lubin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Robert Stack, Diana Barrymore, John Loder, Jon Hall, Nigel Bruce, Eddie Albert
Roles Phyllis
Rating60%
As war breaks out in Europe, young Americans Chuck S. Brewer (Robert Stack), Johnny M. Coe (Leif Erickson) and Wadislaw Borowsky (Edgar Barrier) cross the Atlantic to join the Royal Air Force. Assigned to the Eagle Squadron, made up of other American pilots, they make friends with Squadron Leader Paddy Carson (John Loder), and women flyers Anne Partridge (Diana Barrymore) and Nancy Mitchell (Evelyn Ankers). Chuck is immediately attracted to Nancy, but she already has a boyfriend, Hank Starr (Jon Hall), another pilot in the squadron.
Journey for Margaret (1942)
, 1h21Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films about children, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Robert Young, Laraine Day, Fay Bainter, Nigel Bruce, Margaret O'Brien, Leyland Hodgson
Roles Susan Fleming
Rating71%
During World War II, American war correspondent John Davis (Robert Young) leaves France for safer London with his wife, Nora (Laraine Day), who is pregnant. John wants her to go back home to Connecticut, but she decides to stay on by his side. John is worn down by the war, and Nora has her doubts about his conviction as a reporter.
The Pied Piper (1942)
, 1h27Directed by Irving Pichel, Percy Stow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Monty Woolley, Roddy McDowall, Anne Baxter, Otto Preminger, J. Carrol Naish, Jill Esmond
Roles Mrs. Cavanaugh
Rating69%
Un professeur anglais, réfugié dans le Sud de la France, organise la fuite de plusieurs enfants au moment de l'invasion allemande…
On the Sunny Side (1942)
, 1h9Directed by Harold D. Schuster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Roddy McDowall, Jane Darwell, Stanley Clements, Katharine Alexander, Donald Douglas, Ann E. Todd
Roles Mrs. Aylesworth
Rating62%
Hugh Aylesworth (Roddy McDowall), is a well-bred English youth who is evacuated to America during the London Blitz. Hugh moves into the home of Mr. and Mrs. Andrews (Don Douglas and Katherine Alexander). The couple's own son Don (Freddie Mercer), feels neglected and considers Hugh a royal pain in the posterior.
No Funny Business (1933)
, 1h16Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Gertrude Lawrence, Laurence Olivier, Jill Esmond, Edmund Breon, Gibb McLaughlin, Finlay Currie
Roles Anne Moore
Rating54%
Yvonne et Edward Lane sont mariés depuis longtemps et s'ennuient l'un avec l'autre. Ils voudraient divorcer mais il faudrait prouver l'infidélité du conjoint. Sans le savoir, chacun d'eux va engager un détective destiné à jouer le rôle de l'amant ou de la maîtresse. Or aucun de ces détectives ne sait pas à quoi ressemble la personne qu'il-elle doit rencontrer...