Esma Cannon
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday27 December 1905
Died18 October 1972 (age 66)
Place of birthRandwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Known credits66
Biography
Esma Ellen Charlotte Littman, credited as Esme or Esma Cannon, was a diminutive (4 feet 7 inches) Australian-born character actress and comedian, who moved to Britain in the early 1930s. Although she frequently appeared on television in her latter years, Cannon is best known as a film actress, with a lengthy career in British productions from the 1930s to the 1950s.
What's a Carry On?
1998 · Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Carry On!
1977 · Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
Hide and Seek
1964 · Tea Lady
Carry On Cabby
1963 · Flo Sims
We Joined the Navy
1963 · Consul's Wife
Nurse on Wheels
1963 · Mrs. Jones
The Fast Lady
1962 · Lady on Zebra Crossing
On the Beat
1962 · Mrs. Timms
In the Doghouse
1962 · Mrs. Raikes
Carry On Cruising
1962 · Bridget Madderley
Stryker of the Yard
1961
Over the Odds
1961 · Alice
The Rag Trade
1961
What a Carve Up!
1961 · Aunt Emily
Raising the Wind
1961 · Mrs. Deevens
Carry On Regardless
1961 · Miss Cooling
No Kidding
1960 · District Nurse
Maigret
1960
Doctor in Love
1960 · Rafia Woman (uncredited)
Carry On Constable
1960 · Deaf Old Lady
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960 · Aggie
Inn for Trouble
1960 · Dolly
Expresso Bongo
1959 · Nightclub Cleaner
I'm All Right Jack
1959 · Spencer
Jack the Ripper
1959 · Nelly
Further Up the Creek
1958 · Maudie Lovelace
Three Men in a Boat
1956 · Meek Woman (Maze)
A Touch of the Sun
1956 · Miss Tickle
Sailor Beware
1956 · Edie Hornett
Simon and Laura
1955 · Laura from Newcastle
Out of the Clouds
1955 · Rich Woman's Companion
The Sleeping Tiger
1954 · Scrubwoman with ladder
Trouble in Store
1953 · Café Customer (uncredited)
The Large Rope
1953 · Screaming Woman
The Steel Key
1953 · Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room
Noose for a Lady
1953 · Miss Ginch
Crow Hollow
1952 · Aunt Judith Armour
Last Holiday
1950 · Miss Fox
Double Confession
1950 · Madam Cleo
Guilt Is My Shadow
1950 · Peggy
Helter Skelter
1949 · Autograph Huntress (uncredited)
Marry Me
1949 · Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited)
The Huggetts Abroad
1949 · Brown Owl
Vote for Huggett
1949 · (uncredited)
Here Come the Huggetts
1948 · Youth Leader
Jassy
1947 · Lindy Wicks
Holiday Camp
1947 · Elsie Dawson
The Years Between
1946 · Effie
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