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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Maigret
1960 • 1 episode
Stryker of the Yard
1961 • 1 episode
The Rag Trade
1961 • 58 episodes
Crow Hollow
Aunt Judith Armour
1952
Last Holiday
Miss Fox
1950
Poison Pen
Mrs Warren
1939
Carry On Regardless
Miss Cooling
1961
The Way Ahead
Mrs. Ted Brewer
1944
I'm All Right Jack
Spencer
1959
The Large Rope
Screaming Woman
1953
Carry On Cruising
Bridget Madderley
1962
The Flesh and the Fiends
Aggie
1960
A Canterbury Tale
Agnes
1944
Helter Skelter
Autograph Huntress (uncredited)
1949
The Fast Lady
Lady on Zebra Crossing
1962
Three Men in a Boat
Meek Woman (Maze)
1956
Fanny by Gaslight
Maid (uncredited)
1944
Carry On Cabby
Flo Sims
1963
That's Carry On!
Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
1977
The Spy in Black
Maggie
1939