Esma Cannon

Dec 27, 1905 - Oct 18, 1972 (66 years old) in 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

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Expresso Bongo

Nightclub Cleaner

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Maigret

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Jassy

Lindy Wicks

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Helter Skelter

Autograph Huntress (uncredited)

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We Serve

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Last Holiday

Miss Fox

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Sailor Beware

Edie Hornett

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Noose for a Lady

Miss Ginch

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Out of the Clouds

Rich Woman's Companion

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Carry On Cruising

Bridget Madderley

Credits

What's a Carry On? 1998

Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 7.8
That's Carry On! 1977

Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)

★ 5.7
Hide and Seek 1964

Tea Lady

★ 6
Carry On Cabby 1963

Flo Sims

★ 6.4
We Joined the Navy 1963

Consul's Wife

★ 5.6
Nurse on Wheels 1963

Mrs. Jones

★ 5.8
The Fast Lady 1962

Lady on Zebra Crossing

★ 5.7
On the Beat 1962

Mrs. Timms

★ 7.7
In the Doghouse 1962

Mrs. Raikes

★ 5.9
Carry On Cruising 1962

Bridget Madderley

★ 6.1
Stryker of the Yard 1961

★ NR
Over the Odds 1961

Alice

★ NR
The Rag Trade 1961

★ 5.7
What a Carve Up! 1961

Aunt Emily

★ 7
Raising the Wind 1961

Mrs. Deevens

★ 6.2
Carry On Regardless 1961

Miss Cooling

★ 6.2
No Kidding 1960

District Nurse

★ 5.6
Maigret 1960

★ 7.2
Doctor in Love 1960

Rafia Woman (uncredited)

★ 5.2
Carry On Constable 1960

Deaf Old Lady

★ 6.3
The Flesh and the Fiends 1960

Aggie

★ 6.5
Inn for Trouble 1960

Dolly

★ 6.5
Expresso Bongo 1959

Nightclub Cleaner

★ 5.1
I'm All Right Jack 1959

Spencer

★ 6.6
Jack the Ripper 1959

Nelly

★ 6.1
Further Up the Creek 1958

Maudie Lovelace

★ 6
Three Men in a Boat 1956

Meek Woman (Maze)

★ 6.3
A Touch of the Sun 1956

Miss Tickle

★ 5.6
Sailor Beware 1956

Edie Hornett

★ 7
Simon and Laura 1955

Laura from Newcastle

★ 5.8
Out of the Clouds 1955

Rich Woman's Companion

★ 5.8
The Sleeping Tiger 1954

Scrubwoman with ladder

★ 5.5
Trouble in Store 1953

Café Customer (uncredited)

★ 6.1
The Large Rope 1953

Screaming Woman

★ 5.5
The Steel Key 1953

Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room

★ 6.1
Noose for a Lady 1953

Miss Ginch

★ 5.7
Crow Hollow 1952

Aunt Judith Armour

★ 5.8
Last Holiday 1950

Miss Fox

★ 7.1
Double Confession 1950

Madam Cleo

★ 6
Guilt Is My Shadow 1950

Peggy

★ 5.2
Helter Skelter 1949

Autograph Huntress (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Marry Me 1949

Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited)

★ 4.3
The Huggetts Abroad 1949

Brown Owl

★ 6.6
Vote for Huggett 1949

(uncredited)

★ 6.6
Here Come the Huggetts 1948

Youth Leader

★ 6.5
Jassy 1947

Lindy Wicks

★ 5.4
Holiday Camp 1947

Elsie Dawson

★ 6.6
The Years Between 1946

Effie

★ 6.2
A Canterbury Tale 1944

Agnes

★ 6.9
English Without Tears 1944

Queenie

★ 5.7
The Way Ahead 1944

Mrs. Ted Brewer

★ 6.5
Fanny by Gaslight 1944

Maid (uncredited)

★ 5.2
The Young Mr. Pitt 1942

Servant at Lord Auckland's

★ 5.7
Asking for Trouble 1942

Ada

★ 6
We Serve 1942

★ NR
Quiet Wedding 1941

(uncredited)

★ 5
Contraband 1940

Erik Skold's Niece

★ 7.1
The Spy in Black 1939

Maggie

★ 6.4
Poison Pen 1939

Mrs Warren

★ 6.5
I Met a Murderer 1939

A Hiker

★ 4.7
Trouble Brewing 1939

Maid

★ 6.7
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared 1939

★ NR
It's in the Air 1938

Sir Philip's Maid

★ 5.7
I See Ice 1938

Bride

★ 8.1
The Five Pound Man 1937

Lucy

★ NR
The Man Behind the Mask 1936

Waitress

★ 4.8