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.
Known For
Acting
(1977)
That's Carry On!
as Various Characters
(1964)
Hide and Seek
as Tea Lady
(1963)
Carry On Cabby
as Flo Sims
(1963)
We Joined the Navy
as Consul's Wife
(1963)
Nurse on Wheels
as Mrs. Jones
(1962)
Carry On Cruising
as Bridget Madderley
(1962)
In the Doghouse
as Mrs. Raikes
(1962)
On the Beat
as Mrs. Timms
(1962)
The Fast Lady
as Lady on Zebra Crossing
(1961)
Raising the Wind
as Mrs. Deevens
(1961)
Over the Odds
as Alice
(1961)
Carry On Regardless
as Miss Cooling
(1961)
What a Carve Up!
as Aunt Emily
(1960)
Inn for Trouble
as Dolly
(1960)
Carry On Constable
as Deaf Old Lady
(1960)
No Kidding
as District Nurse
(1960)
Doctor in Love
as Rafia Woman
(1960)
The Flesh and the Fiends
as Aggie
(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)
Three Men in a Boat
as Meek Woman (Maze)
(1956)
Sailor Beware
as Edie Hornett
(1956)
A Touch of the Sun
as Miss Tickle
(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 Steel Key
as Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room
(1953)
Trouble in Store
as Café Customer (uncredited)
(1953)
The Large Rope
as Screaming Woman
(1953)
Noose for a Lady
as Miss Ginch
(1952)
Crow Hollow
as Aunt Judith Armour
(1950)
Last Holiday
as Miss Fox
(1950)
Guilt Is My Shadow
as Peggy
(1950)
Double Confession
as Madam Cleo
(1949)
The Huggetts Abroad
as Brown Owl
(1949)
Marry Me
as Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited)
(1949)
Vote for Huggett
as (uncredited)
(1949)
Helter Skelter
as Autograph Huntress (uncredited)
(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)
English Without Tears
as Queenie
(1944)
A Canterbury Tale
as Agnes
(1944)
The Way Ahead
as Mrs. Ted Brewer
(1944)
Fanny by Gaslight
as Maid (uncredited)
(1942)
Asking for Trouble
as Ada
(1942)
The Young Mr. Pitt
as Servant at Lord Auckland's
(1942)
(1941)
Quiet Wedding
as (uncredited)
(1940)
Contraband
as Erik Skold's Niece
(1939)
I Met a Murderer
as A Hiker
(1939)
Trouble Brewing
as Maid
(1939)
The Spy in Black
as Maggie
(1939)
(1939)
Poison Pen
as Mrs Warren
(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