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
The Flesh and the Fiends
Aggie
1960
I'm All Right Jack
Spencer
1959
Crow Hollow
Aunt Judith Armour
1952
That's Carry On!
Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
1977
The Way Ahead
Mrs. Ted Brewer
1944
What's a Carry On?
Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
Poison Pen
Mrs Warren
1939
Carry On Regardless
Miss Cooling
1961
Last Holiday
Miss Fox
1950
Simon and Laura
Laura from Newcastle
1955
Out of the Clouds
Rich Woman's Companion
1955
Three Men in a Boat
Meek Woman (Maze)
1956
Carry On Constable
Deaf Old Lady
1960
What a Carve Up!
Aunt Emily
1961
Further Up the Creek
Maudie Lovelace
1958
Carry On Cabby
Flo Sims
1963
Carry On Cruising
Bridget Madderley
1962