Esma 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.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
64
Gender
Female
Birthday
1905-12-27 (119 years old)
Place of Birth
Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Acting
1977
That's Carry On! as Various Characters1964
Hide and Seek as Tea Lady1963
We Joined the Navy as Consul's Wife1963
Carry On Cabby as Flo Sims1963
Nurse on Wheels as Mrs. Jones1962
On the Beat as Mrs. Stammers1962
Carry On Cruising as Bridget Madderley1962
The Fast Lady as Lady on Zebra Crossing1962
In the Doghouse as Mrs. Raikes1961
Stryker of the Yard as Not available1961
The Rag Trade as Not available1961
Carry On Regardless as Miss Cooling1961
Raising the Wind as Mrs. Deevens1961
What a Carve Up! as Aunt Emily1961
Over the Odds as Alice1960
Maigret as Not available1960
The Flesh and the Fiends as Aggie1960
No Kidding as District Nurse1960
Carry On Constable as Deaf Old Lady1960
Doctor in Love as Rafia Woman1960
Inn for Trouble as Dolly1959
I'm All Right Jack as Spencer1959
Jack the Ripper as Nelly1959
Expresso Bongo as Nightclub Cleaner1958
Further Up the Creek as Maudie Lovelace1956
Three Men in a Boat as Meek Woman (Maze)1956
Sailor Beware as Edie Hornett1956
A Touch of the Sun as Miss Tickle1955
Simon and Laura as Laura from Newcastle1955
Out of the Clouds as Rich Woman's Companion1954
The Sleeping Tiger as Scrubwoman with ladder1953
The Steel Key as Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room1953
The Large Rope as Screaming Woman1953
Noose for a Lady as Miss Ginch1952
Crow Hollow as Aunt Judith Armour1950
Last Holiday as Miss Fox1950
Double Confession as Madam Cleo1950
Guilt Is My Shadow as Peggy1949
Helter Skelter as Autograph Huntress1949
Marry Me as Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited)1949
Vote for Huggett as (uncredited)1949
The Huggetts Abroad as Brown Owl1948
Here Come the Huggetts as Youth Leader1947
Jassy as Lindy Wicks1947
Holiday Camp as Elsie Dawson1946
The Years Between as Effie1944
The Way Ahead as Mrs. Ted Brewer1944
A Canterbury Tale as Agnes1944
Fanny by Gaslight as Maid (uncredited)1944
English Without Tears as Queenie1942
The Young Mr. Pitt as Servant at Lord Auckland's1942
Asking for Trouble as Ada1942
We Serve as Not available1941
Quiet Wedding as (uncredited)1940
Contraband as Erik Skold's Niece1939
The Spy in Black as Maggie1939
Poison Pen as Mrs Warren1939
Trouble Brewing as Maid1939
I Met a Murderer as A Hiker1939
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared as Not available1938
I See Ice as Bride1938
It's in the Air as Sir Philip's Maid1937
The Five Pound Man as Lucy1936
The Man Behind the Mask as Waitress