Jill Esmond & Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier and Jill Esmond
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Jill Esmond and Laurence Olivier were married for 9 years. They dated for 6 months after getting together in Jan 1930 and married on 25th Jul 1930. 9 years later they divorced on 29th Jan 1940.

They had a son named Tarquin age 87.

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British Actor Laurence Olivier passed away on 11th Jul 1989 Steyning, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom aged 82. Born Laurence Kerr Olivier on 22nd May, 1907 in Dorking, Surrey, England, United Kingdom and educated at St Edward's School, Oxford, England, Laurence Olivier is most remembered for Hamlet (1948) in a career that spanned 1963 > 1963 (stage director) and 1932 > 1981 (performer: soundtrack) and 1944 > 1976 (film director) and 1944 > 1978 (film producer) and 1958 > 1985 (tv presenter) and 1941 > 1980 (narrator: short documentaries & tv documentaries & films) and 1937 > 1986 (self) and ???? > ???? (theatre Actor) and 1926 > 1988...............................(OVERALL) and 1926–1988. His zodiac sign is Gemini.

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Relationship Statistics

StatusDurationLength
DatingJan 1930 - 25th Jul 1930 6 months, 25 days
Married25th Jul 1930 - 29th Jan 1940 9 years, 6 months
Total Jan 1930 - 29th Jan 1940 10 years, 1 month


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 in 1940.
Motivated by the hope of advancing his career, Olivier married Jill Esmond, a closeted lesbian and member of the West End’s theatrical royalty. The marriage wasn’t sexually consummated until years after their socially prominent wedding. When sexual intimacy finally occurred, it led to the birth of a son, Tarquin.
He married Jill, a rising young actress, on 25 July 1930; their only son, Simon Tarquin was born on 21 August 1936. Olivier was, however, from the beginning not happy in his first marriage. Repressed, as he came to see it, by his religious upbringing, Olivier recounted in his autobiography the disappointments of his wedding night, culminating in his failure to perform sexually. He temporarily renounced religion and soon came to resent his wife, though the marriage would last for ten years. Despite this supposed resentment, Olivier remained in congenial contact with Esmond until his death (as documented by their son Tarquin in his book, My Father Laurence Olivier), accompanying her to Tarquin’s wedding in January 1965.

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Relationship Timeline

29th January, 1940 - Divorce

January, 1940 - Breakup

21st August, 1936 - Child

25th July, 1930 - Marriage

January, 1930 - Hookup

Couple Comparison

Name
Jill Esmond
Laurence Olivier
Jill Esmond
Laurence Olivier
Age (at start of relationship)
21
22
Zodiac
Aquarius
Gemini
Occupation
Actress
Actor
Hair Color
Brown - Dark
Brown - Dark
Eye Color
Brown - Light
Grey
Nationality
British
British
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Children

NameGenderBornAge
TarquinMale21st August, 193687 years old

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