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