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Esma Cannon

Actor
Died October 18, 1972 (66 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • A Canterbury Tale
  • U-Boat 29
  • The Flesh and the Fiends
  • The Way Ahead
  • Hide and Seek
Known For
  • Carry on Cabby
  • Carry on Cruising
  • Last Holiday
  • On the Beat
  • Carry on Regardless
  • Nurse on Wheels
  • No Place Like Homicide!
  • Crow Hollow
  • Panic in the Parlor
  • That's Carry On!
  • Trouble Brewing
  • Jassy
  • Beware of Children
  • Noose for a Lady
  • Roommates
  • In the Doghouse
  • Hide and Seek
  • The Rag Trade
  • George Takes the Air
  • The Steel Key
  • The Last Adventurers

Filmography

1998
What's a Carry On? · as Bridget Madderley
1977
That's Carry On! · as Various Characters
1964
Hide and Seek · as Tea Lady
1963
Carry on Cabby · as Flo Sims
1963
Nurse on Wheels · as Mrs. Jones
1962
On the Beat · as Mrs. Stammers
1962
The Fast Lady · as Lady On Zebra Crossing
1962
We Joined the Navy · as Consul's Wife
1962
Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV Series) · as Harriet Matlock
1962
Carry on Cruising · as Bridget Madderley
1961
In the Doghouse · as Mrs. Raikes
1961
Roommates · as Mrs. Deevens
1961
The Rag Trade (TV Series)
1961
No Place Like Homicide! · as Aunt Emily
1961
Carry on Regardless · as Miss Cooling
1961
Over the Odds · as Alice
1960
Beware of Children · as District Nurse
1960
Doctor in Love · as Rafia Woman (uncredited)
1960
Carry on Constable · as Deaf Old Lady
1960
1960
Inn for Trouble · as Dolly
1959
Maigret (1960) (TV Series)
1959
Expresso Bongo · as Nightclub Cleaner
1959
I'm All Right Jack · as Spencer
1959
Jack the Ripper · as Nelly
1958
Further Up the Creek · as Maudie Lovelace
1956
Three Men in a Boat · as Meek Woman (maze)
1956
A Touch of the Sun · as Miss Tickle
1956
Panic in the Parlor · as Edie Hornett
1955
Simon and Laura · as Laura From Newcastle
1955
Out of the Clouds · as Rich Woman's Companion
1955
Simon and Laura · as Jessie
1954
The Sleeping Tiger · as Scrubwoman With Ladder
1953
Trouble in Store · as Lady Customer In Park Cafe
1953
The Long Rope · as Screaming Woman
1953
Noose for a Lady · as Miss Ginch
1953
The Steel Key · as Patient In Doctor's Waiting Room
1952
Crow Hollow · as Aunt Judith Armour
1951
Bikini Baby · as Cinemagoer (next To George Cole)
1950
Last Holiday · as Miss Fox
1950
Double Confession · as Madam Cleo
1950
Guilt Is My Shadow · as Peggy
1949
Helter Skelter · as Autograph Huntress
1949
Marry Me · as Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited)
1949
Fools Rush In · as Mrs. Atkins
1949
The Huggetts Abroad · as Brown Owl
1949
Vote for Huggett · as (uncredited)
1948
Here Come the Huggetts · as Youth Leader
1947
Jassy · as Lindy Wicks
1947
Holiday Camp · as Elsie Dawson
1946
The Years Between · as Effie
1944
Her Man Gilbey · as Queenie
1944
1944
1944
The Way Ahead · as Mrs. Ted Brewer
1944
Man of Evil · as Maid (uncredited)
1944
It's in the Bag · as Commandant W.t.c.
1942
The Young Mr. Pitt · as Servant At Lord Auckland's
1942
1941
Quiet Wedding · as (uncredited)
1940
Blackout · as Erik Skold's Niece
1940
The Briggs Family · as Myrtle
1939
U-Boat 29 · as Maggie
1939
Poison Pen · as Mrs Warren
1939
I Met a Murderer · as A Hiker
1939
Trouble Brewing · as Maid
1938
Love from a Stranger · as Ethel, The Maid
1938
George Takes the Air · as Sir Philip's Maid
1938
I See Ice! · as Bride
1937
The Last Adventurers · as Polly Shepherd
1937
Cotton Queen · as Telephonist
1936

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