Esma Cannon
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.
TV Shows(3)
Movies(63)
What's a Carry On?
Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
That's Carry On!
Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
1977
Hide and Seek
Tea Lady
1964
Carry On Cabby
Flo Sims
1963
We Joined the Navy
Consul's Wife
1963
Nurse on Wheels
Mrs. Jones
1963
The Fast Lady
Lady on Zebra Crossing
1962
On the Beat
Mrs. Timms
1962
In the Doghouse
Mrs. Raikes
1962
Carry On Cruising
Bridget Madderley
1962
Over the Odds
Alice
1961
What a Carve Up!
Aunt Emily
1961
Raising the Wind
Mrs. Deevens
1961
Carry On Regardless
Miss Cooling
1961
No Kidding
District Nurse
1960
Doctor in Love
Rafia Woman (uncredited)
1960
Carry On Constable
Deaf Old Lady
1960
The Flesh and the Fiends
Aggie
1960
Inn for Trouble
Dolly
1960
Expresso Bongo
Nightclub Cleaner
1959
I'm All Right Jack
Spencer
1959
Jack the Ripper
Nelly
1959
Further Up the Creek
Maudie Lovelace
1958
Three Men in a Boat
Meek Woman (Maze)
1956
A Touch of the Sun
Miss Tickle
1956
Sailor Beware
Edie Hornett
1956
Simon and Laura
Laura from Newcastle
1955
Out of the Clouds
Rich Woman's Companion
1955
The Sleeping Tiger
Scrubwoman with ladder
1954
Trouble in Store
Café Customer (uncredited)
1953
The Large Rope
Screaming Woman
1953
The Steel Key
Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room
1953
Noose for a Lady
Miss Ginch
1953
Crow Hollow
Aunt Judith Armour
1952
Last Holiday
Miss Fox
1950
Double Confession
Madam Cleo
1950
Guilt Is My Shadow
Peggy
1950
Helter Skelter
Autograph Huntress (uncredited)
1949
Marry Me
Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited)
1949
The Huggetts Abroad
Brown Owl
1949
Vote for Huggett
(uncredited)
1949
Here Come the Huggetts
Youth Leader
1948
Jassy
Lindy Wicks
1947
Holiday Camp
Elsie Dawson
1947
The Years Between
Effie
1946
A Canterbury Tale
Agnes
1944
English Without Tears
Queenie
1944
The Way Ahead
Mrs. Ted Brewer
1944
Fanny by Gaslight
Maid (uncredited)
1944
The Young Mr. Pitt
Servant at Lord Auckland's
1942
Asking for Trouble
Ada
1942
We Serve
1942
Quiet Wedding
(uncredited)
1941
Contraband
Erik Skold's Niece
1940
The Spy in Black
Maggie
1939
Poison Pen
Mrs Warren
1939
I Met a Murderer
A Hiker
1939
Trouble Brewing
Maid
1939
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
1939
It's in the Air
Sir Philip's Maid
1938
I See Ice
Bride
1938
The Five Pound Man
Lucy
1937
The Man Behind the Mask
Waitress
1936