Esma Cannon
Acting
Born: 1905-12-27 in Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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
A Canterbury Tale
Agnes
I'm All Right Jack
Spencer
Carry On Cabby
Flo Sims
Carry On Cruising
Bridget Madderley
The Spy in Black
Maggie
Carry On Constable
Deaf Old Lady
The Flesh and the Fiends
Aggie
Carry On Regardless
Miss Cooling
Last Holiday
Miss Fox
The Way Ahead
Mrs. Ted Brewer
On the Beat
Mrs. Timms
The Sleeping Tiger
Scrubwoman with ladder
Jack the Ripper
Nelly
That's Carry On!
Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
Trouble in Store
Café Customer (uncredited)
What a Carve Up!
Aunt Emily
Contraband
Erik Skold's Niece
The Fast Lady
Lady on Zebra Crossing
Expresso Bongo
Nightclub Cleaner
Doctor in Love
Rafia Woman (uncredited)
Nurse on Wheels
Mrs. Jones
Double Confession
Madam Cleo
Maigret
Simon and Laura
Laura from Newcastle
Jassy
Lindy Wicks
Holiday Camp
Elsie Dawson
Raising the Wind
Mrs. Deevens
Crow Hollow
Aunt Judith Armour
It's in the Air
Sir Philip's Maid
Three Men in a Boat
Meek Woman (Maze)
Trouble Brewing
Maid
We Joined the Navy
Consul's Wife
Fanny by Gaslight
Maid (uncredited)
No Kidding
District Nurse
Noose for a Lady
Miss Ginch
The Young Mr. Pitt
Servant at Lord Auckland's
I Met a Murderer
A Hiker
Further Up the Creek
Maudie Lovelace
Here Come the Huggetts
Youth Leader
Out of the Clouds
Rich Woman's Companion