Esma Cannon
63 movies · 3 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 27, 1905
- Died
- Oct 18, 1972 (age 66)
- Place of birth
- Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Also known as
- Esme 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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Esma Cannon: movies and TV shows
Acting (66)
- 1998 What's a Carry On?
as Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1977 That's Carry On!
as Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
- 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 The Fast Lady
as Lady on Zebra Crossing
- 1962 On the Beat
as Mrs. Timms
- 1962 In the Doghouse
as Mrs. Raikes
- 1962 Carry On Cruising
as Bridget Madderley
- 1961
- 1961 Over the Odds
as Alice
- 1961
- 1961 What a Carve Up!
as Aunt Emily
- 1961 Raising the Wind
as Mrs. Deevens
- 1961 Carry On Regardless
as Miss Cooling
- 1960 No Kidding
as District Nurse
- 1960
- 1960 Doctor in Love
as Rafia Woman (uncredited)
- 1960 Carry On Constable
as Deaf Old Lady
- 1960 The Flesh and the Fiends
as Aggie
- 1960 Inn for Trouble
as Dolly
- 1959 Expresso Bongo
as Nightclub Cleaner
- 1959 I'm All Right Jack
as Spencer
- 1959 Jack the Ripper
as Nelly
- 1958 Further Up the Creek
as Maudie Lovelace
- 1956 Three Men in a Boat
as Meek Woman (Maze)
- 1956 A Touch of the Sun
as Miss Tickle
- 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 Trouble in Store
as Café Customer (uncredited)
- 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 Helter Skelter
as Autograph Huntress (uncredited)
- 1949 Marry Me
as Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited)
- 1949 The Huggetts Abroad
as Brown Owl
- 1949 Vote for Huggett
as (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 A Canterbury Tale
as Agnes
- 1944 English Without Tears
as Queenie
- 1944 The Way Ahead
as Mrs. Ted Brewer
- 1944 Fanny by Gaslight
as Maid (uncredited)
- 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 I Met a Murderer
as A Hiker
- 1939 Trouble Brewing
as Maid
- 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