Esma 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.

Known For

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

Various Characters

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. Stammers

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

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

Laura from Newcastle

Simon and Laura

Autograph Huntress

Helter Skelter

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

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

61

Gender

Female

Birthday

1905-12-27

Place of Birth

Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Also Known As

Esme Cannon