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