
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 CafΓ© 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