Esma Cannon
Acting
Born: 1905-12-27 in 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
Maigret
The Rag Trade
Stryker of the Yard
The Large Rope
Screaming Woman
The Way Ahead
Mrs. Ted Brewer
Crow Hollow
Aunt Judith Armour
Poison Pen
Mrs Warren
Last Holiday
Miss Fox
Carry On Regardless
Miss Cooling
I'm All Right Jack
Spencer
Helter Skelter
Autograph Huntress (uncredited)
We Joined the Navy
Consul's Wife
Carry On Constable
Deaf Old Lady
Carry On Cruising
Bridget Madderley
On the Beat
Mrs. Timms
Carry On Cabby
Flo Sims
That's Carry On!
Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
No Kidding
District Nurse
A Canterbury Tale
Agnes
Fanny by Gaslight
Maid (uncredited)
Contraband
Erik Skold's Niece
Noose for a Lady
Miss Ginch
Jack the Ripper
Nelly
The Young Mr. Pitt
Servant at Lord Auckland's
Out of the Clouds
Rich Woman's Companion
The Sleeping Tiger
Scrubwoman with ladder
The Flesh and the Fiends
Aggie
What's a Carry On?
Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sailor Beware
Edie Hornett
What a Carve Up!
Aunt Emily
It's in the Air
Sir Philip's Maid
The Spy in Black
Maggie
Trouble in Store
Café Customer (uncredited)
I See Ice
Bride
Jassy
Lindy Wicks
Expresso Bongo
Nightclub Cleaner
Three Men in a Boat
Meek Woman (Maze)
Further Up the Creek
Maudie Lovelace
Holiday Camp
Elsie Dawson