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Esma Cannon

Esma Cannon

Esma Cannon

1905-12-27

Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

ACTING

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.

Best known for:

A Canterbury Tale

I'm All Right Jack

Carry On Cruising

Carry On Cabby

The Spy in Black

Carry On Constable

The Flesh and the Fiends

Carry On Regardless

Last Holiday

The Way Ahead

On the Beat

The Sleeping Tiger

Jack the Ripper

That's Carry On!

The Fast Lady

What a Carve Up!

Contraband

Expresso Bongo

Doctor in Love

Nurse on Wheels

Double Confession

Simon and Laura

Maigret

Jassy

Raising the Wind

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Filmography:

The Man Behind the Mask (1936)
APPEREAD AS:
Waitress
I See Ice (1938)
APPEREAD AS:
Bride
It's in the Air (1938)
APPEREAD AS:
Sir Philip's Maid
The Spy in Black (1939)
5
APPEREAD AS:
Maggie
I Met a Murderer (1939)
APPEREAD AS:
A Hiker
Trouble Brewing (1939)
APPEREAD AS:
Maid
Poison Pen (1939)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs Warren
Contraband (1940)
APPEREAD AS:
Erik Skold's Niece

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Quiet Wedding (1941)
APPEREAD AS:
(uncredited)
The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
APPEREAD AS:
Servant at Lord Auckland's
A Canterbury Tale (1944)
5.6
APPEREAD AS:
Agnes
The Way Ahead (1944)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Ted Brewer
Fanny by Gaslight (1944)
APPEREAD AS:
Maid (uncredited)
English Without Tears (1944)
APPEREAD AS:
Queenie
The Years Between (1946)
APPEREAD AS:
Effie
Holiday Camp (1947)
APPEREAD AS:
Elsie Dawson

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Jassy (1947)
APPEREAD AS:
Lindy Wicks
Here Come the Huggetts (1948)
APPEREAD AS:
Youth Leader
Helter Skelter (1949)
APPEREAD AS:
Autograph Huntress (uncredited)
Vote for Huggett (1949)
APPEREAD AS:
(uncredited)
The Huggetts Abroad (1949)
APPEREAD AS:
Brown Owl
Marry Me (1949)
APPEREAD AS:
Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited)
Last Holiday (1950)
5.8
APPEREAD AS:
Miss Fox
Double Confession (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
Madam Cleo
Guilt Is My Shadow (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
Peggy
Crow Hollow (1952)
APPEREAD AS:
Aunt Judith Armour
The Large Rope (1953)
APPEREAD AS:
Screaming Woman
Noose for a Lady (1953)
APPEREAD AS:
Miss Ginch
The Steel Key (1953)
APPEREAD AS:
Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room
The Sleeping Tiger (1954)
APPEREAD AS:
Scrubwoman with ladder
Simon and Laura (1955)
APPEREAD AS:
Laura from Newcastle
Out of the Clouds (1955)
APPEREAD AS:
Rich Woman's Companion
Sailor Beware (1956)
APPEREAD AS:
Edie Hornett
Three Men in a Boat (1956)
APPEREAD AS:
Meek Woman (Maze)
A Touch of the Sun (1956)
APPEREAD AS:
Miss Tickle
Further Up the Creek (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Maudie Lovelace
I'm All Right Jack (1959)
5.4
APPEREAD AS:
Spencer
Jack the Ripper (1959)
APPEREAD AS:
Nelly
Expresso Bongo (1959)
APPEREAD AS:
Nightclub Cleaner
Carry On Constable (1960)
4.9
APPEREAD AS:
Deaf Old Lady
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
5.3
APPEREAD AS:
Aggie
Doctor in Love (1960)
APPEREAD AS:
Rafia Woman
No Kidding (1960)
APPEREAD AS:
District Nurse
Inn for Trouble (1960)
APPEREAD AS:
Dolly
Carry On Regardless (1961)
5
APPEREAD AS:
Miss Cooling
Raising the Wind (1961)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Deevens
What a Carve Up! (1961)
APPEREAD AS:
Aunt Emily
Over the Odds (1961)
APPEREAD AS:
Alice
Carry On Cruising (1962)
4.7
APPEREAD AS:
Bridget Madderley
On the Beat (1962)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Stammers
The Fast Lady (1962)
APPEREAD AS:
Lady on Zebra Crossing
In the Doghouse (1962)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Raikes
Carry On Cabby (1963)
5.2
APPEREAD AS:
Flo Sims
We Joined the Navy (1963)
APPEREAD AS:
Consul's Wife
Nurse on Wheels (1963)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Jones
Hide and Seek (1964)
APPEREAD AS:
Tea Lady
That's Carry On! (1977)
APPEREAD AS:
Various Characters