Esma Cannon
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1905-12-27
Day of Death
1972-10-18 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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.
Acting
(1977)
That's Carry On!
as Various Characters
(1964)
Hide and Seek
as Tea Lady
(1963)
Carry On Cabby
as Flo Sims
(1963)
Nurse on Wheels
as Mrs. Jones
(1963)
We Joined the Navy
as Consul's Wife
(1962)
Carry On Cruising
as Bridget Madderley
(1962)
The Fast Lady
as Lady on Zebra Crossing
(1962)
On the Beat
as Mrs. Stammers
(1962)
In the Doghouse
as Mrs. Raikes
(1961)
What a Carve Up!
as Aunt Emily
(1961)
Carry On Regardless
as Miss Cooling
(1961)
Raising the Wind
as Mrs. Deevens
(1961)
Over the Odds
as Alice
(1960)
Doctor in Love
as Rafia Woman
(1960)
No Kidding
as District Nurse
(1960)
The Flesh and the Fiends
as Aggie
(1960)
Carry On Constable
as Deaf Old Lady
(1960)
Inn for Trouble
as Dolly
(1959)
I'm All Right Jack
as Spencer
(1959)
Jack the Ripper
as Nelly
(1959)
Expresso Bongo
as Nightclub Cleaner
(1958)
Further Up the Creek
as Maudie Lovelace
(1956)
A Touch of the Sun
as Miss Tickle
(1956)
Three Men in a Boat
as Meek Woman (Maze)
(1956)
Sailor Beware
as Edie Hornett
(1955)
Simon and Laura
as Laura from Newcastle
(1955)
Out of the Clouds
as Rich Woman's Companion
(1954)
The Sleeping Tiger
as Scrubwoman with ladder
(1953)
The Large Rope
as Screaming Woman
(1953)
The Steel Key
as Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room
(1953)
Noose for a Lady
as Miss Ginch
(1952)
Crow Hollow
as Aunt Judith Armour
(1950)
Last Holiday
as Miss Fox
(1950)
Double Confession
as Madam Cleo
(1950)
Guilt Is My Shadow
as Peggy
(1949)
Marry Me
as Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited)
(1949)
Helter Skelter
as Autograph Huntress
(1949)
Vote for Huggett
as (uncredited)
(1949)
The Huggetts Abroad
as Brown Owl
(1948)
Here Come the Huggetts
as Youth Leader
(1947)
Jassy
as Lindy Wicks
(1947)
Holiday Camp
as Elsie Dawson
(1946)
The Years Between
as Effie
(1944)
The Way Ahead
as Mrs. Ted Brewer
(1944)
A Canterbury Tale
as Agnes
(1944)
Fanny by Gaslight
as Maid (uncredited)
(1944)
English Without Tears
as Queenie
(1942)
The Young Mr. Pitt
as Servant at Lord Auckland's
(1942)
Asking for Trouble
as Ada
(1942)
(1941)
Quiet Wedding
as (uncredited)
(1940)
Contraband
as Erik Skold's Niece
(1939)
The Spy in Black
as Maggie
(1939)
Poison Pen
as Mrs Warren
(1939)
Trouble Brewing
as Maid
(1939)
I Met a Murderer
as A Hiker
(1939)
(1938)
It's in the Air
as Sir Philip's Maid
(1938)
I See Ice
as Bride
(1937)
The Five Pound Man
as Lucy
(1936)
The Man Behind the Mask
as Waitress