
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.

Miss Cooling
Carry On Regardless

Bridget Madderley
Carry On Cruising

Mrs. Ted Brewer
The Way Ahead

Mrs. Deevens
Raising the Wind

Tea Lady
Hide and Seek

Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
That's Carry On!

Flo Sims
Carry On Cabby

Lucy
The Five Pound Man

Scrubwoman with ladder
The Sleeping Tiger

District Nurse
No Kidding

Aunt Judith Armour
Crow Hollow

Effie
The Years Between

Mrs. Jones
Nurse on Wheels

Maudie Lovelace
Further Up the Creek

Maid
Trouble Brewing

Lindy Wicks
Jassy

Youth Leader
Here Come the Huggetts

Brown Owl
The Huggetts Abroad

Aunt Emily
What a Carve Up!

Elsie Dawson
Holiday Camp

Rich Woman's Companion
Out of the Clouds

Mrs. Timms
On the Beat

The Nursemaid Who Disappeared

Spencer
I'm All Right Jack

Mrs Warren
Poison Pen

Maggie
The Spy in Black

Bride
I See Ice

Sir Philip's Maid
It's in the Air

Dolly
Inn for Trouble

Erik Skold's Niece
Contraband

Waitress
The Man Behind the Mask

Deaf Old Lady
Carry On Constable

Rafia Woman (uncredited)
Doctor in Love

Miss Fox
Last Holiday

A Hiker
I Met a Murderer

Ada
Asking for Trouble

(uncredited)
Quiet Wedding

Mrs. Raikes
In the Doghouse

Edie Hornett
Sailor Beware

Nelly
Jack the Ripper

Madam Cleo
Double Confession

(uncredited)
Vote for Huggett

Nightclub Cleaner
Expresso Bongo

Peggy
Guilt Is My Shadow

Consul's Wife
We Joined the Navy

We Serve

Meek Woman (Maze)
Three Men in a Boat

Screaming Woman
The Large Rope

Miss Ginch
Noose for a Lady

Agnes
A Canterbury Tale

Autograph Huntress (uncredited)
Helter Skelter

Laura from Newcastle
Simon and Laura

Lady on Zebra Crossing
The Fast Lady

Queenie
English Without Tears

Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited)
Marry Me

Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room
The Steel Key

Maid (uncredited)
Fanny by Gaslight

Miss Tickle
A Touch of the Sun

Aggie
The Flesh and the Fiends

Servant at Lord Auckland's
The Young Mr. Pitt

Alice
Over the Odds

Café Customer (uncredited)
Trouble in Store

Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)
What's a Carry On?
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
63
Gender
Female
Birthday
1905-12-27
Place of Birth
Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Also Known As
Esme Cannon