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Esmond was married to Olivier between 1930 and 1940; they had one son, Tarquin Olivier (born 21 August 1936). During their marriage, Olivier had affairs with Ann Todd [12] and Vivien Leigh , the latter to whom he was married from 1940 to 1960.
Aug 1, 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. Her family told the Associated...
Garbo’s chilly refusal came at the same time Olivier’s wife, Jill Esmond, was deciding that she would make her love life exclusively lesbian, almost. Not surprising that around this time...
Dec 16, 2014 · I never raised the name of Laurence Olivier with her: I was interested in her for her own sake, not for this connection, and, when she mentioned him, as she did, it was without the slightest rancour. The last time I saw her was in Wimbledon Hospital just a few days before she died at home.
- Brian Mcfarlane
Sep 5, 1992 · Olivier had already fallen out of love with Tarquin's mother, Jill Esmond, by the time he was born in 1936. Though Tarquin omits to tell us this, we know from Donald Spoto's biography that Jill...
Laurence Olivier’s son Tarquin witnessed the passion–and disintegration–of his father’s marriage to the incomparable Vivien Leigh. The child of Olivier’s first marriage, to the actress Jill Esmond, Tarquin nevertheless became very close to his stepmother, Vivien, and she in turn wrote to him frequently. Her letters, and many others by ...
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Mar 31, 2022 · Vivien’s husband, Leigh Holman, and Larry’s wife, Jill Esmond, had finally conceded and the divorce papers had come through, freeing their former partners.
