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.
Last Holiday
as Miss Fox
We Serve
Marry Me
as Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited)
The Way Ahead
as Mrs. Ted Brewer
What a Carve Up!
as Aunt Emily
A Canterbury Tale
as Agnes
We Joined the Navy
as Consul's Wife
Carry On Constable
as Deaf Old Lady
I'm All Right Jack
as Spencer
Fanny by Gaslight
as Maid (uncredited)
Doctor in Love
as Rafia Woman (uncredited)
On the Beat
as Mrs. Timms
Helter Skelter
as Autograph Huntress (uncredited)
Jack the Ripper
as Nelly
Further Up the Creek
as Maudie Lovelace
That's Carry On!
as Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
Sailor Beware
as Edie Hornett
Noose for a Lady
as Miss Ginch
Carry On Cabby
as Flo Sims
Carry On Regardless
as Miss Cooling
Carry On Cruising
as Bridget Madderley
Nurse on Wheels
as Mrs. Jones
The Spy in Black
as Maggie
Holiday Camp
as Elsie Dawson
The Fast Lady
as Lady on Zebra Crossing
Trouble in Store
as Café Customer (uncredited)
Contraband
as Erik Skold's Niece
Simon and Laura
as Laura from Newcastle
English Without Tears
as Queenie
Three Men in a Boat
as Meek Woman (Maze)
The Years Between
as Effie
What's a Carry On?
as Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crow Hollow
as Aunt Judith Armour
The Sleeping Tiger
as Scrubwoman with ladder
The Large Rope
as Screaming Woman
A Touch of the Sun
as Miss Tickle
The Flesh and the Fiends
as Aggie
Expresso Bongo
as Nightclub Cleaner
Poison Pen
as Mrs Warren
Raising the Wind
as Mrs. Deevens
The Huggetts Abroad
as Brown Owl
Jassy
as Lindy Wicks
Trouble Brewing
as Maid
In the Doghouse
as Mrs. Raikes
No Kidding
as District Nurse
I See Ice
as Bride
Inn for Trouble
as Dolly
Here Come the Huggetts
as Youth Leader
Out of the Clouds
as Rich Woman's Companion
The Steel Key
as Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room
Over the Odds
as Alice
Vote for Huggett
as (uncredited)
The Young Mr. Pitt
as Servant at Lord Auckland's
Hide and Seek
as Tea Lady
I Met a Murderer
as A Hiker
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
Double Confession
as Madam Cleo
Asking for Trouble
as Ada
Quiet Wedding
as (uncredited)
The Man Behind the Mask
as Waitress
It's in the Air
as Sir Philip's Maid
Guilt Is My Shadow
as Peggy
The Five Pound Man
as Lucy