Esma Cannon
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 27, 1905
- Died
- October 18, 1972 (aged 66)
- Birthplace
- Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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.
Known For
Filmography
What's a Carry On?
Movie · as Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Carry On!
Movie · as Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
Hide and Seek
Movie · as Tea Lady
Carry On Cabby
Movie · as Flo Sims
Nurse on Wheels
Movie · as Mrs. Jones
We Joined the Navy
Movie · as Consul's Wife
Carry On Cruising
Movie · as Bridget Madderley
On the Beat
Movie · as Mrs. Timms
In the Doghouse
Movie · as Mrs. Raikes
The Fast Lady
Movie · as Lady on Zebra Crossing
Carry On Regardless
Movie · as Miss Cooling
Raising the Wind
Movie · as Mrs. Deevens
What a Carve Up!
Movie · as Aunt Emily
Over the Odds
Movie · as Alice
The Rag Trade
TV · 58 eps
Stryker of the Yard
TV · 1 ep
No Kidding
Movie · as District Nurse
Inn for Trouble
Movie · as Dolly
Carry On Constable
Movie · as Deaf Old Lady
Doctor in Love
Movie · as Rafia Woman (uncredited)
The Flesh and the Fiends
Movie · as Aggie
Maigret
TV · 1 ep
I'm All Right Jack
Movie · as Spencer
Jack the Ripper
Movie · as Nelly
Expresso Bongo
Movie · as Nightclub Cleaner
Further Up the Creek
Movie · as Maudie Lovelace
Sailor Beware
Movie · as Edie Hornett
Three Men in a Boat
Movie · as Meek Woman (Maze)
A Touch of the Sun
Movie · as Miss Tickle
Out of the Clouds
Movie · as Rich Woman's Companion
Simon and Laura
Movie · as Laura from Newcastle
The Sleeping Tiger
Movie · as Scrubwoman with ladder
The Large Rope
Movie · as Screaming Woman
Noose for a Lady
Movie · as Miss Ginch
The Steel Key
Movie · as Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room
Trouble in Store
Movie · as Café Customer (uncredited)
Crow Hollow
Movie · as Aunt Judith Armour
Last Holiday
Movie · as Miss Fox
Double Confession
Movie · as Madam Cleo
Guilt Is My Shadow
Movie · as Peggy
The Huggetts Abroad
Movie · as Brown Owl
Vote for Huggett
Movie · as (uncredited)
Helter Skelter
Movie · as Autograph Huntress (uncredited)
Marry Me
Movie · as Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited)
Here Come the Huggetts
Movie · as Youth Leader
Jassy
Movie · as Lindy Wicks
Holiday Camp
Movie · as Elsie Dawson
The Years Between
Movie · as Effie
The Way Ahead
Movie · as Mrs. Ted Brewer
A Canterbury Tale
Movie · as Agnes
English Without Tears
Movie · as Queenie
Fanny by Gaslight
Movie · as Maid (uncredited)
Asking for Trouble
Movie · as Ada
We Serve
Movie
The Young Mr. Pitt
Movie · as Servant at Lord Auckland's
Quiet Wedding
Movie · as (uncredited)
Contraband
Movie · as Erik Skold's Niece
Trouble Brewing
Movie · as Maid
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
Movie
Poison Pen
Movie · as Mrs Warren
The Spy in Black
Movie · as Maggie
I Met a Murderer
Movie · as A Hiker
I See Ice
Movie · as Bride
It's in the Air
Movie · as Sir Philip's Maid
The Five Pound Man
Movie · as Lucy
The Man Behind the Mask
Movie · as Waitress