Esma Cannon

Acting • 1905-12-27 • 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.

Known For

6.4

Carry On Cabby

1963

6.1

Carry On Cruising

1962

7.6

On the Beat

1962

7.1

Last Holiday

1950

6.1

Nurse on Wheels

1963

6.2

The Rag Trade

1961

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Filmography

1998
What's a Carry On?Film
Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.7
1977
That's Carry On!Film
Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
★ 5.8
1964
Hide and SeekFilm
Tea Lady
★ 7.0
1963
Carry On CabbyFilm
Flo Sims
★ 6.4
1963
Nurse on WheelsFilm
Mrs. Jones
★ 6.1
1963
We Joined the NavyFilm
Consul's Wife
★ 6.0
1962
Carry On CruisingFilm
Bridget Madderley
★ 6.1
1962
On the BeatFilm
Mrs. Timms
★ 7.6
1962
The Fast LadyFilm
Lady on Zebra Crossing
★ 5.8
1962
In the DoghouseFilm
Mrs. Raikes
★ 6.4
1961
Carry On RegardlessFilm
Miss Cooling
★ 6.2
1961
What a Carve Up!Film
Aunt Emily
★ 7.0
1961
Raising the WindFilm
Mrs. Deevens
★ 6.3
1961
The Rag TradeTV
★ 6.2
1961
Over the OddsFilm
Alice
★ 10.0
1961
Stryker of the YardTV
1960
The Flesh and the FiendsFilm
Aggie
★ 6.6
1960
Carry On ConstableFilm
Deaf Old Lady
★ 6.3
1960
MaigretTV
★ 7.1
1960
Doctor in LoveFilm
Rafia Woman (uncredited)
★ 5.5
1960
No KiddingFilm
District Nurse
★ 6.1
1960
Inn for TroubleFilm
Dolly
★ 6.9
1959
I'm All Right JackFilm
Spencer
★ 6.6
1959
Jack the RipperFilm
Nelly
★ 6.1
1959
Expresso BongoFilm
Nightclub Cleaner
★ 5.3
1958
Further Up the CreekFilm
Maudie Lovelace
★ 6.6
1956
Three Men in a BoatFilm
Meek Woman (Maze)
★ 6.2
1956
Sailor BewareFilm
Edie Hornett
★ 7.5
1956
A Touch of the SunFilm
Miss Tickle
★ 6.0
1955
Simon and LauraFilm
Laura from Newcastle
★ 5.9
1955
Out of the CloudsFilm
Rich Woman's Companion
★ 6.1
1954
The Sleeping TigerFilm
Scrubwoman with ladder
★ 5.6
1953
Trouble in StoreFilm
Café Customer (uncredited)
★ 6.1
1953
Noose for a LadyFilm
Miss Ginch
★ 6.0
1953
The Large RopeFilm
Screaming Woman
★ 6.0
1953
The Steel KeyFilm
Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room
★ 6.2
1952
Crow HollowFilm
Aunt Judith Armour
★ 6.1
1950
Last HolidayFilm
Miss Fox
★ 7.1
1950
Double ConfessionFilm
Madam Cleo
★ 6.2
1950
Guilt Is My ShadowFilm
Peggy
★ 5.7
1949
Vote for HuggettFilm
(uncredited)
★ 7.2
1949
The Huggetts AbroadFilm
Brown Owl
★ 6.8
1949
Helter SkelterFilm
Autograph Huntress (uncredited)
★ 6.4
1949
Marry MeFilm
Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited)
★ 5.8
1948
Here Come the HuggettsFilm
Youth Leader
★ 6.7
1947
Holiday CampFilm
Elsie Dawson
★ 6.8
1947
JassyFilm
Lindy Wicks
★ 5.2
1946
The Years BetweenFilm
Effie
★ 6.7
1944
A Canterbury TaleFilm
Agnes
★ 6.9
1944
The Way AheadFilm
Mrs. Ted Brewer
★ 6.5
1944
Fanny by GaslightFilm
Maid (uncredited)
★ 5.5
1944
English Without TearsFilm
Queenie
★ 6.3
1942
The Young Mr. PittFilm
Servant at Lord Auckland's
★ 6.2
1942
Asking for TroubleFilm
Ada
★ 6.7
1942
We ServeFilm
1941
Quiet WeddingFilm
(uncredited)
★ 5.3
1940
ContrabandFilm
Erik Skold's Niece
★ 7.1
1939
The Spy in BlackFilm
Maggie
★ 6.4
1939
Trouble BrewingFilm
Maid
★ 6.9
1939
Poison PenFilm
Mrs Warren
★ 6.7
1939
I Met a MurdererFilm
A Hiker
★ 5.5
1939
The Nursemaid Who DisappearedFilm
★ 10.0
1938
It's in the AirFilm
Sir Philip's Maid
★ 5.9
1938
I See IceFilm
Bride
★ 6.9
1937
The Five Pound ManFilm
Lucy
★ 7.0
1936
The Man Behind the MaskFilm
Waitress
★ 5.3