Reviewed relationship
How are Laurence Olivier and Jill Esmond connected?
marriage
The short answer
The cited source records a marriage between Laurence Olivier and Jill Esmond.
The Laurence Olivier and Jill Esmond relationship is described here as marriage. This answer comes from one statement in the cited source, so it does not claim details beyond that reviewed evidence.
What the source says
“Olivier's honours included a knighthood (1947), a life peerage (1970) and the Order of Merit (1981). For his on-screen work he received an Academy Award, five British Academy Film Awards, five Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards in addition to nominations for a Tony Award, two British Academy Television Awards and a Grammy Award. Olivier was awarded two non-competitive Academy Honorary Awards in 1947 and 1979, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1983 and a BAFTA Fellowship in 1976. The National Theatre's largest auditorium is named in his honour, and he is commemorated in the Laurence Olivier Awards, given annually by the Society of London Theatre. He was married three times: to the actresses Jill Esmond from 1930 to 1940, Vivien Leigh from 1940 to 1960, and Joan Plowright from 1961 until his death in 1989, and had four children.”
Explicit marriage or spouse statement.
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