Actor
· Acting
Esma Cannon
Born 1905-12-27
Died 1972-10-18
📍 Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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 61
What's a Carry On?
as Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
That's Carry On!
as Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
1977
Hide and Seek
as Tea Lady
1964
Carry On Cabby
as Flo Sims
1963
We Joined the Navy
as Consul's Wife
1963
Nurse on Wheels
as Mrs. Jones
1963
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
1962
Over the Odds
as Alice
1961
The Rag Trade
1961
What a Carve Up!
as Aunt Emily
1961
Raising the Wind
as Mrs. Deevens
1961
Carry On Regardless
as Miss Cooling
1961
No Kidding
as District Nurse
1960
Maigret
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
1960
Expresso Bongo
as Nightclub Cleaner
1959
I'm All Right Jack
as Spencer
1959
Jack the Ripper
as Nelly
1959
Further Up the Creek
as Maudie Lovelace
1958
Three Men in a Boat
as Meek Woman (Maze)
1956
A Touch of the Sun
as Miss Tickle
1956
Sailor Beware
as Edie Hornett
1956
Simon and Laura
as Laura from Newcastle
1955
Out of the Clouds
as Rich Woman's Companion
1955
The Sleeping Tiger
as Scrubwoman with ladder
1954
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
1953
Crow Hollow
as Aunt Judith Armour
1952
Last Holiday
as Miss Fox
1950
Double Confession
as Madam Cleo
1950
Guilt Is My Shadow
as Peggy
1950
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)
1949
Here Come the Huggetts
as Youth Leader
1948
Jassy
as Lindy Wicks
1947
Holiday Camp
as Elsie Dawson
1947
The Years Between
as Effie
1946
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)
1944
The Young Mr. Pitt
as Servant at Lord Auckland's
1942
Quiet Wedding
as (uncredited)
1941
Contraband
as Erik Skold's Niece
1940
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
It's in the Air
as Sir Philip's Maid
1938
I See Ice
as Bride
1938
The Man Behind the Mask
as Waitress
1936