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