Esma Cannon
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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
Credits
Crow Hollow (1952)
as Aunt Judith Armour
Carry On Regardless (1961)
as Miss Cooling
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
as Aggie
Last Holiday (1950)
as Miss Fox
A Canterbury Tale (1944)
as Agnes
Fanny by Gaslight (1944)
as Maid (uncredited)
That's Carry On! (1977)
as Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
I'm All Right Jack (1959)
as Spencer
The Large Rope (1953)
as Screaming Woman
Poison Pen (1939)
as Mrs Warren
Carry On Constable (1960)
as Deaf Old Lady
We Joined the Navy (1963)
as Consul's Wife
Helter Skelter (1949)
as Autograph Huntress (uncredited)
The Way Ahead (1944)
as Mrs. Ted Brewer
Carry On Cabby (1963)
as Flo Sims
Carry On Cruising (1962)
as Bridget Madderley
The Fast Lady (1962)
as Lady on Zebra Crossing
Out of the Clouds (1955)
as Rich Woman's Companion
The Spy in Black (1939)
as Maggie
Jack the Ripper (1959)
as Nelly
Doctor in Love (1960)
as Rafia Woman (uncredited)
No Kidding (1960)
as District Nurse
Raising the Wind (1961)
as Mrs. Deevens
Three Men in a Boat (1956)
as Meek Woman (Maze)
Sailor Beware (1956)
as Edie Hornett
Expresso Bongo (1959)
as Nightclub Cleaner
Contraband (1940)
as Erik Skold's Niece
Further Up the Creek (1958)
as Maudie Lovelace
The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
as Servant at Lord Auckland's
On the Beat (1962)
as Mrs. Timms
The Sleeping Tiger (1954)
as Scrubwoman with ladder
What a Carve Up! (1961)
as Aunt Emily
Here Come the Huggetts (1948)
as Youth Leader
Nurse on Wheels (1963)
as Mrs. Jones
Holiday Camp (1947)
as Elsie Dawson
The Steel Key (1953)
as Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room
Marry Me (1949)
as Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited)
Simon and Laura (1955)
as Laura from Newcastle
English Without Tears (1944)
as Queenie
Vote for Huggett (1949)
as (uncredited)
A Touch of the Sun (1956)
as Miss Tickle
I See Ice (1938)
as Bride
Double Confession (1950)
as Madam Cleo
What's a Carry On? (1998)
as Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)
Noose for a Lady (1953)
as Miss Ginch
The Years Between (1946)
as Effie
The Man Behind the Mask (1936)
as Waitress
Jassy (1947)
as Lindy Wicks
The Huggetts Abroad (1949)
as Brown Owl
In the Doghouse (1962)
as Mrs. Raikes
Trouble Brewing (1939)
as Maid
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared (1939)
Actor
Trouble in Store (1953)
as Café Customer (uncredited)
Quiet Wedding (1941)
as (uncredited)
Inn for Trouble (1960)
as Dolly
Hide and Seek (1964)
as Tea Lady
Guilt Is My Shadow (1950)
as Peggy
It's in the Air (1938)
as Sir Philip's Maid
We Serve (1942)
Actor
I Met a Murderer (1939)
as A Hiker
Asking for Trouble (1942)
as Ada
Over the Odds (1961)
as Alice
The Five Pound Man (1937)
as Lucy