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