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