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

Maigret

The Rag Trade

The Way Ahead

I'm All Right Jack

Carry On Cruising

Last Holiday

The Spy in Black

The Huggetts Abroad

All Movies (63)

• What's a Carry On?1998 · as Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)
• That's Carry On!1977 · as Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
• Hide and Seek1964 · as Tea Lady
• Carry On Cabby1963 · as Flo Sims
• We Joined the Navy1963 · as Consul's Wife
• Nurse on Wheels1963 · as Mrs. Jones
• The Fast Lady1962 · as Lady on Zebra Crossing
• On the Beat1962 · as Mrs. Timms
• In the Doghouse1962 · as Mrs. Raikes
• Carry On Cruising1962 · as Bridget Madderley
• Over the Odds1961 · as Alice
• What a Carve Up!1961 · as Aunt Emily
• Raising the Wind1961 · as Mrs. Deevens
• Carry On Regardless1961 · as Miss Cooling
• No Kidding1960 · as District Nurse
• Doctor in Love1960 · as Rafia Woman (uncredited)
• Carry On Constable1960 · as Deaf Old Lady
• The Flesh and the Fiends1960 · as Aggie
• Inn for Trouble1960 · as Dolly
• Expresso Bongo1959 · as Nightclub Cleaner
• I'm All Right Jack1959 · as Spencer
• Jack the Ripper1959 · as Nelly
• Further Up the Creek1958 · as Maudie Lovelace
• Three Men in a Boat1956 · as Meek Woman (Maze)
• A Touch of the Sun1956 · as Miss Tickle
• Sailor Beware1956 · as Edie Hornett
• Simon and Laura1955 · as Laura from Newcastle
• Out of the Clouds1955 · as Rich Woman's Companion
• The Sleeping Tiger1954 · as Scrubwoman with ladder
• Trouble in Store1953 · as Café Customer (uncredited)
• The Large Rope1953 · as Screaming Woman
• The Steel Key1953 · as Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room
• Noose for a Lady1953 · as Miss Ginch
• Crow Hollow1952 · as Aunt Judith Armour
• Last Holiday1950 · as Miss Fox
• Double Confession1950 · as Madam Cleo
• Guilt Is My Shadow1950 · as Peggy
• Helter Skelter1949 · as Autograph Huntress (uncredited)
• Marry Me1949 · as Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited)
• The Huggetts Abroad1949 · as Brown Owl
• Vote for Huggett1949 · as (uncredited)
• Here Come the Huggetts1948 · as Youth Leader
• Jassy1947 · as Lindy Wicks
• Holiday Camp1947 · as Elsie Dawson
• The Years Between1946 · as Effie
• A Canterbury Tale1944 · as Agnes
• English Without Tears1944 · as Queenie
• The Way Ahead1944 · as Mrs. Ted Brewer
• Fanny by Gaslight1944 · as Maid (uncredited)
• The Young Mr. Pitt1942 · as Servant at Lord Auckland's
• Asking for Trouble1942 · as Ada
• We Serve1942
• Quiet Wedding1941 · as (uncredited)
• Contraband1940 · as Erik Skold's Niece
• The Spy in Black1939 · as Maggie
• Poison Pen1939 · as Mrs Warren
• I Met a Murderer1939 · as A Hiker
• Trouble Brewing1939 · as Maid
• The Nursemaid Who Disappeared1939
• It's in the Air1938 · as Sir Philip's Maid
• I See Ice1938 · as Bride
• The Five Pound Man1937 · as Lucy
• The Man Behind the Mask1936 · as Waitress

All TV Shows (3)

• Stryker of the Yard1961
• The Rag Trade1961
• Maigret1960