Acting
Esma Cannon
Also Known As: Esme Cannon
Birth Date
December 27, 1905
Death Date
October 18, 1972
(passed away at 66)
Place of Birth
Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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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.
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TV Show
Maigret
1960 • 1 episode
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TV Show
The Rag Trade
1961 • 58 episodes
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Movie
Crow Hollow
Aunt Judith Armour
1952
TV Show
Stryker of the Yard
1961 • 1 episode
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Movie
Fanny by Gaslight
Maid (uncredited)
1944
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Movie
Poison Pen
Mrs Warren
1939
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Movie
The Large Rope
Screaming Woman
1953
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Movie
We Joined the Navy
Consul's Wife
1963
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Movie
I'm All Right Jack
Spencer
1959
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Movie
Helter Skelter
Autograph Huntress (uncredited)
1949
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Movie
Out of the Clouds
Rich Woman's Companion
1955
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Movie
The Way Ahead
Mrs. Ted Brewer
1944
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Movie
Noose for a Lady
Miss Ginch
1953
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Movie
Carry On Cruising
Bridget Madderley
1962
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Movie
Carry On Constable
Deaf Old Lady
1960
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Movie
That's Carry On!
Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
1977
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Movie
Expresso Bongo
Nightclub Cleaner
1959
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Movie
Last Holiday
Miss Fox
1950
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Movie
What's a Carry On?
Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
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Movie
Carry On Regardless
Miss Cooling
1961