Cast
Esma Cannon
Acting
Cast
Esma Cannon
Known for
Acting
Born
1905-12-27
From
Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died
1972-10-18
Also known as Esme Cannon
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.
★6.0
MOVIE1952
Crow Hollow
as Aunt Judith Armour
★6.0
MOVIE1953
The Large Rope
as Screaming Woman
★6.4
MOVIE1949
Helter Skelter
as Autograph Huntress (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1944
Fanny by Gaslight
as Maid (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1963
We Joined the Navy
as Consul's Wife
★6.1
MOVIE1955
Out of the Clouds
as Rich Woman's Companion
★6.0
MOVIE1956
A Touch of the Sun
as Miss Tickle
★6.5
MOVIE1939
The Spy in Black
as Maggie
★6.1
MOVIE1963
Nurse on Wheels
as Mrs. Jones
★6.6
MOVIE1960
The Flesh and the Fiends
as Aggie
★6.7
MOVIE1939
Poison Pen
as Mrs Warren
★5.8
MOVIE1962
The Fast Lady
as Lady on Zebra Crossing
★7.7
MOVIE1998
What's a Carry On?
as Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1938
I See Ice
as Bride
★5.5
MOVIE1939
I Met a Murderer
as A Hiker
★7.5
MOVIE1956
Sailor Beware
as Edie Hornett
★6.0
MOVIE1953
Noose for a Lady
as Miss Ginch
★6.6
MOVIE1959
I'm All Right Jack
as Spencer
★5.3
MOVIE1959
Expresso Bongo
as Nightclub Cleaner
★5.5
MOVIE1960
Doctor in Love
as Rafia Woman (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1944
The Way Ahead
as Mrs. Ted Brewer
★7.0
MOVIE1961
What a Carve Up!
as Aunt Emily
★5.9
MOVIE1955
Simon and Laura
as Laura from Newcastle
★6.2
MOVIE1959
Jack the Ripper
as Nelly
★6.2
MOVIE1942
The Young Mr. Pitt
as Servant at Lord Auckland's
★6.3
MOVIE1956
Three Men in a Boat
as Meek Woman (Maze)
★6.7
MOVIE1946
The Years Between
as Effie
★7.1
MOVIE1940
Contraband
as Erik Skold's Niece
★5.5
MOVIE1954
The Sleeping Tiger
as Scrubwoman with ladder
★5.8
MOVIE1949
Marry Me
as Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1962
Carry On Cruising
as Bridget Madderley
★6.3
MOVIE1960
Carry On Constable
as Deaf Old Lady
★7.2
MOVIE1950
Last Holiday
as Miss Fox
★6.4
MOVIE1962
In the Doghouse
as Mrs. Raikes
★6.7
MOVIE1948
Here Come the Huggetts
as Youth Leader
★6.9
MOVIE1944
A Canterbury Tale
as Agnes
★6.3
MOVIE1961
Carry On Regardless
as Miss Cooling
★5.2
MOVIE1947
Jassy
as Lindy Wicks
★6.8
MOVIE1949
The Huggetts Abroad
as Brown Owl
★6.4
MOVIE1963
Carry On Cabby
as Flo Sims
★7.2
MOVIE1949
Vote for Huggett
as (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1977
That's Carry On!
as Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
★6.6
MOVIE1958
Further Up the Creek
as Maudie Lovelace
★6.1
MOVIE1960
No Kidding
as District Nurse
★5.3
MOVIE1941
Quiet Wedding
as (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1961
Raising the Wind
as Mrs. Deevens
★7.0
MOVIE1964
Hide and Seek
as Tea Lady
★6.9
MOVIE1939
Trouble Brewing
as Maid
★6.8
MOVIE1947
Holiday Camp
as Elsie Dawson
★6.7
MOVIE1942
Asking for Trouble
as Ada
★5.9
MOVIE1938
It's in the Air
as Sir Philip's Maid
★5.7
MOVIE1950
Guilt Is My Shadow
as Peggy
MOVIE1942
We Serve
★7.7
MOVIE1962
On the Beat
as Mrs. Timms
★10.0
MOVIE1961
Over the Odds
as Alice
★6.9
MOVIE1960
Inn for Trouble
as Dolly
★6.5
MOVIE1953
The Steel Key
as Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room
★6.3
MOVIE1944
English Without Tears
as Queenie
★6.1
MOVIE1953
Trouble in Store
as Café Customer (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1950
Double Confession
as Madam Cleo
★5.3
MOVIE1936
The Man Behind the Mask
as Waitress
★10.0
MOVIE1939
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
★7.0
MOVIE1937
The Five Pound Man
as Lucy