Name
Esma Cannon
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1905-12-27
Deathday
1972-10-18 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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
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A greedy woman tries to poison her nephew's bride in a dark mansion....
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Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of ...
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Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has one beset...
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Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he fin...
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Captain Crowther's lot is not a happy one! Five of his crew have to be replaced and at suc...
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A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet....
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With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mi...
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A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim ...
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After a bunch of no-hopers approaches an employment agency, the anarchy mounts as they do ...
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George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to l...
- 1961 Carry On Regardless as Miss Cooling
- 1962 Carry On Cruising as Bridget Madderley
- 1944 The Way Ahead as Mrs. Ted Brewer
- 1961 Raising the Wind as Mrs. Deevens
- 1964 Hide and Seek as Tea Lady
- 1977 That's Carry On! as Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
- 1963 Carry On Cabby as Flo Sims
- 1937 The Five Pound Man as Lucy
- 1954 The Sleeping Tiger as Scrubwoman with ladder
- 1960 No Kidding as District Nurse
- 1952 Crow Hollow as Aunt Judith Armour
- 1946 The Years Between as Effie
- 1963 Nurse on Wheels as Mrs. Jones
- 1958 Further Up the Creek as Maudie Lovelace
- 1939 Trouble Brewing as Maid
- 1947 Jassy as Lindy Wicks
- 1948 Here Come the Huggetts as Youth Leader
- 1949 The Huggetts Abroad as Brown Owl
- 1961 What a Carve Up! as Aunt Emily
- 1947 Holiday Camp as Elsie Dawson
- 1955 Out of the Clouds as Rich Woman's Companion
- 1962 On the Beat as Mrs. Timms
- 1939 The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
- 1959 I'm All Right Jack as Spencer
- 1939 Poison Pen as Mrs Warren
- 1939 The Spy in Black as Maggie
- 1938 I See Ice as Bride
- 1938 It's in the Air as Sir Philip's Maid
- 1960 Inn for Trouble as Dolly
- 1940 Contraband as Erik Skold's Niece
- 1936 The Man Behind the Mask as Waitress
- 1960 Carry On Constable as Deaf Old Lady
- 1960 Doctor in Love as Rafia Woman (uncredited)
- 1950 Last Holiday as Miss Fox
- 1939 I Met a Murderer as A Hiker
- 1942 Asking for Trouble as Ada
- 1941 Quiet Wedding as (uncredited)
- 1962 In the Doghouse as Mrs. Raikes
- 1956 Sailor Beware as Edie Hornett
- 1959 Jack the Ripper as Nelly
- 1950 Double Confession as Madam Cleo
- 1949 Vote for Huggett as (uncredited)
- 1959 Expresso Bongo as Nightclub Cleaner
- 1950 Guilt Is My Shadow as Peggy
- 1963 We Joined the Navy as Consul's Wife
- 1942 We Serve
- 1956 Three Men in a Boat as Meek Woman (Maze)
- 1953 The Large Rope as Screaming Woman
- 1953 Noose for a Lady as Miss Ginch
- 1944 A Canterbury Tale as Agnes
- 1955 Simon and Laura as Laura from Newcastle
- 1949 Helter Skelter as Autograph Huntress (uncredited)
- 1962 The Fast Lady as Lady on Zebra Crossing
- 1944 English Without Tears as Queenie
- 1949 Marry Me as Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited)
- 1953 The Steel Key as Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room
- 1944 Fanny by Gaslight as Maid (uncredited)
- 1956 A Touch of the Sun as Miss Tickle
- 1960 The Flesh and the Fiends as Aggie
- 1942 The Young Mr. Pitt as Servant at Lord Auckland's
- 1961 Over the Odds as Alice
- 1953 Trouble in Store as Café Customer (uncredited)
- 1998 What's a Carry On? as Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1961 The Rag Trade ( 58 episodes )
- 1960 Maigret ( 1 episode )
- 1961 Stryker of the Yard ( 1 episode )
