Hester Grimes

Hester Grimes (was Esther Green) is an singer and actress.

History
She met Ellsworth Jordan around 1956 when she was 22 and studying at the Actors' School. He was almost 40 and a junior architect at a firm. They had a brief 6-month fling, which broke off shortly before she discovered she was pregnant with his child.

She raised the boy, Billy Grimes, by herself in New York while pursuing an acting career. After a time, Damon Parker invited her to be a guest on his late night talk show. This was her big break and she appeared several times on the show.

Jordan returned from Berlin 2 years after and saw one of her appearances. When she mentioned her son's first birthday, he realized that the child must be his.

She agreed to meet with him, but refused to allow him to have anything to do with him or allow him to assist in raising the boy.

Prior to the events of Thursday, The Rabbi Walked Out, she became worried that her son, newly graduated, did not want to go to college. Jordan convinced him to let the boy come to stay in Barnard's Crossing for the summer. He convinced Larry Gore, president of Barnard's Crossing Trust to get the boy a job there.