Esma Cannon
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Maigret
1960
Series
The Rag Trade
1961
Stryker of the Yard
1961
Film
Last Holiday
Miss Fox
1950
We Serve
1942
Film
The Way Ahead
Mrs. Ted Brewer
1944
Film
We Joined the Navy
Consul's Wife
1963
Film
Doctor in Love
Rafia Woman (uncredited)
1960
Film
I'm All Right Jack
Spencer
1959
Film
What a Carve Up!
Aunt Emily
1961
Film
A Canterbury Tale
Agnes
1944
Film
Carry On Constable
Deaf Old Lady
1960
Film
That's Carry On!
Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
1977
Film
Jack the Ripper
Nelly
1959
Film
Marry Me
Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited)
1949
Film
Carry On Regardless
Miss Cooling
1961
Film
Nurse on Wheels
Mrs. Jones
1963
Film
Helter Skelter
Autograph Huntress (uncredited)
1949
Film
Carry On Cabby
Flo Sims
1963
Film
Crow Hollow
Aunt Judith Armour
1952
Film
Noose for a Lady
Miss Ginch
1953
Film
Holiday Camp
Elsie Dawson
1947
Film
Trouble in Store
Café Customer (uncredited)
1953
Film
Expresso Bongo
Nightclub Cleaner
1959
Film
On the Beat
Mrs. Timms
1962
Film
Contraband
Erik Skold's Niece
1940
Film
Further Up the Creek
Maudie Lovelace
1958
Film
What's a Carry On?
Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
Film
The Sleeping Tiger
Scrubwoman with ladder
1954
Film
Carry On Cruising
Bridget Madderley
1962
Film
The Large Rope
Screaming Woman
1953
Film
Sailor Beware
Edie Hornett
1956
Film
The Spy in Black
Maggie
1939
Film
Fanny by Gaslight
Maid (uncredited)
1944
Film
The Flesh and the Fiends
Aggie
1960
Film
The Huggetts Abroad
Brown Owl
1949
Film
Poison Pen
Mrs Warren
1939
Film
The Fast Lady
Lady on Zebra Crossing
1962
Film
Simon and Laura
Laura from Newcastle
1955
Film
Jassy
Lindy Wicks
1947
Film
Raising the Wind
Mrs. Deevens
1961
Film
The Years Between
Effie
1946
Film
Out of the Clouds
Rich Woman's Companion
1955
Film
English Without Tears
Queenie
1944
Film
Three Men in a Boat
Meek Woman (Maze)
1956
Film
Over the Odds
Alice
1961
Film
The Young Mr. Pitt
Servant at Lord Auckland's
1942
Asking for Trouble
Ada
1942
Film
In the Doghouse
Mrs. Raikes
1962
Film
Hide and Seek
Tea Lady
1964
Film
Vote for Huggett
(uncredited)
1949
Film
Quiet Wedding
(uncredited)
1941
Film
A Touch of the Sun
Miss Tickle
1956
Film
Trouble Brewing
Maid
1939
Film
No Kidding
District Nurse
1960
Film
Here Come the Huggetts
Youth Leader
1948
Film
The Steel Key
Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room
1953
Film
I See Ice
Bride
1938
Film
Inn for Trouble
Dolly
1960
Film
Double Confession
Madam Cleo
1950
Film
The Man Behind the Mask
Waitress
1936
Film
Guilt Is My Shadow
Peggy
1950
Film
I Met a Murderer
A Hiker
1939
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
1939
Film
It's in the Air
Sir Philip's Maid
1938
The Five Pound Man
Lucy
1937