Esma Cannon
Acting • Born 1905-12-27 – Died 1972-10-18
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.
Filmography
66 credits
Carry On Regardless
Movie • 1961
Miss Cooling
Carry On Cruising
Movie • 1962
Bridget Madderley
The Way Ahead
Movie • 1944
Mrs. Ted Brewer
Raising the Wind
Movie • 1961
Mrs. Deevens
Hide and Seek
Movie • 1964
Tea Lady
That's Carry On!
Movie • 1977
Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
Carry On Cabby
Movie • 1963
Flo Sims
The Five Pound Man
Movie • 1937
Lucy
The Sleeping Tiger
Movie • 1954
Scrubwoman with ladder
No Kidding
Movie • 1960
District Nurse
Crow Hollow
Movie • 1952
Aunt Judith Armour
The Years Between
Movie • 1946
Effie
Nurse on Wheels
Movie • 1963
Mrs. Jones
Further Up the Creek
Movie • 1958
Maudie Lovelace
Trouble Brewing
Movie • 1939
Maid
Jassy
Movie • 1947
Lindy Wicks
Here Come the Huggetts
Movie • 1948
Youth Leader
The Huggetts Abroad
Movie • 1949
Brown Owl
What a Carve Up!
Movie • 1961
Aunt Emily
Holiday Camp
Movie • 1947
Elsie Dawson
Out of the Clouds
Movie • 1955
Rich Woman's Companion
On the Beat
Movie • 1962
Mrs. Timms
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
Movie • 1939
I'm All Right Jack
Movie • 1959
Spencer
Poison Pen
Movie • 1939
Mrs Warren
The Spy in Black
Movie • 1939
Maggie
I See Ice
Movie • 1938
Bride
It's in the Air
Movie • 1938
Sir Philip's Maid
Inn for Trouble
Movie • 1960
Dolly
Contraband
Movie • 1940
Erik Skold's Niece
The Man Behind the Mask
Movie • 1936
Waitress
Carry On Constable
Movie • 1960
Deaf Old Lady
Doctor in Love
Movie • 1960
Rafia Woman (uncredited)
Last Holiday
Movie • 1950
Miss Fox
I Met a Murderer
Movie • 1939
A Hiker
Asking for Trouble
Movie • 1942
Ada
Quiet Wedding
Movie • 1941
(uncredited)
In the Doghouse
Movie • 1962
Mrs. Raikes
Sailor Beware
Movie • 1956
Edie Hornett
Jack the Ripper
Movie • 1959
Nelly
Double Confession
Movie • 1950
Madam Cleo
Vote for Huggett
Movie • 1949
(uncredited)
Expresso Bongo
Movie • 1959
Nightclub Cleaner
Guilt Is My Shadow
Movie • 1950
Peggy
We Joined the Navy
Movie • 1963
Consul's Wife
We Serve
Movie • 1942
Three Men in a Boat
Movie • 1956
Meek Woman (Maze)
The Large Rope
Movie • 1953
Screaming Woman
Noose for a Lady
Movie • 1953
Miss Ginch
A Canterbury Tale
Movie • 1944
Agnes
Helter Skelter
Movie • 1949
Autograph Huntress (uncredited)
Simon and Laura
Movie • 1955
Laura from Newcastle
The Fast Lady
Movie • 1962
Lady on Zebra Crossing
English Without Tears
Movie • 1944
Queenie
Marry Me
Movie • 1949
Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited)
The Steel Key
Movie • 1953
Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room
Fanny by Gaslight
Movie • 1944
Maid (uncredited)
A Touch of the Sun
Movie • 1956
Miss Tickle
The Flesh and the Fiends
Movie • 1960
Aggie
The Young Mr. Pitt
Movie • 1942
Servant at Lord Auckland's
Over the Odds
Movie • 1961
Alice
Trouble in Store
Movie • 1953
Café Customer (uncredited)
What's a Carry On?
Movie • 1998
Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Rag Trade
TV • 1961
Maigret
TV • 1960
Stryker of the Yard
TV • 1961