Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 27, 1905
Died
Oct 18, 1972
Place of Birth
Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Credits
66 titles
Esma Cannon
Biography
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
Filmography
What's a Carry On?
Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Carry On!
Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
Hide and Seek
Tea Lady
Carry On Cabby
Flo Sims
We Joined the Navy
Consul's Wife
Nurse on Wheels
Mrs. Jones
The Fast Lady
Lady on Zebra Crossing
On the Beat
Mrs. Timms
In the Doghouse
Mrs. Raikes
Carry On Cruising
Bridget Madderley
Stryker of the Yard
Over the Odds
Alice
The Rag Trade
What a Carve Up!
Aunt Emily
Raising the Wind
Mrs. Deevens
Carry On Regardless
Miss Cooling
No Kidding
District Nurse
Maigret
Doctor in Love
Rafia Woman (uncredited)
Carry On Constable
Deaf Old Lady
The Flesh and the Fiends
Aggie
Inn for Trouble
Dolly
Expresso Bongo
Nightclub Cleaner
I'm All Right Jack
Spencer
Jack the Ripper
Nelly
Further Up the Creek
Maudie Lovelace
Three Men in a Boat
Meek Woman (Maze)
A Touch of the Sun
Miss Tickle
Sailor Beware
Edie Hornett
Simon and Laura
Laura from Newcastle
Out of the Clouds
Rich Woman's Companion
The Sleeping Tiger
Scrubwoman with ladder
Trouble in Store
Café Customer (uncredited)
The Large Rope
Screaming Woman
The Steel Key
Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room
Noose for a Lady
Miss Ginch
Crow Hollow
Aunt Judith Armour
Last Holiday
Miss Fox
Double Confession
Madam Cleo
Guilt Is My Shadow
Peggy
Helter Skelter
Autograph Huntress (uncredited)
Marry Me
Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited)
The Huggetts Abroad
Brown Owl
Vote for Huggett
(uncredited)
Here Come the Huggetts
Youth Leader
Jassy
Lindy Wicks
Holiday Camp
Elsie Dawson
The Years Between
Effie
A Canterbury Tale
Agnes
English Without Tears
Queenie