Esma Cannon
Birthday
1905/12/27
Day of death
1972/10/18 (66 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Also know as
Esme 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.
Acting
(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 Various Characters
(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. Stammers
(1939) The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
as ---
(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
(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
as ---
(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
(1949) Helter Skelter
as Autograph Huntress
(1955) Simon and Laura
as Laura from Newcastle
(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
(1961) The Rag Trade
as ---
(1960) Maigret
as ---
(1961) Stryker of the Yard
as ---