Esma Cannon

Personal Info

Birthday

December 27, 1905

Day of Death

1972-10-18

(66 years old)

Place of Birth

Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Also Known As

Esme Cannon

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

A Canterbury Tale

The Flesh and the Fiends

Three Men in a Boat

Last Holiday

I'm All Right Jack

Carry On Constable

No Kidding

Jack the Ripper

Filmography

1977
That's Carry On!
as Various Characters
1964
Hide and Seek
as Tea Lady
1963
Carry On Cabby
as Flo Sims
We Joined the Navy
as Consul's Wife
Nurse on Wheels
as Mrs. Jones
1962
The Fast Lady
as Lady on Zebra Crossing
On the Beat
as Mrs. Stammers
In the Doghouse
as Mrs. Raikes
Carry On Cruising
as Bridget Madderley
1961
Over the Odds
as Alice
What a Carve Up!
as Aunt Emily
Raising the Wind
as Mrs. Deevens
Carry On Regardless
as Miss Cooling
1960
No Kidding
as District Nurse
Doctor in Love
as Rafia Woman
Carry On Constable
as Deaf Old Lady
The Flesh and the Fiends
as Aggie
Inn for Trouble
as Dolly
1959
Expresso Bongo
as Nightclub Cleaner
I'm All Right Jack
as Spencer
Jack the Ripper
as Nelly
1958
Further Up the Creek
as Maudie Lovelace
1956
Three Men in a Boat
as Meek Woman (Maze)
A Touch of the Sun
as Miss Tickle
Sailor Beware
as Edie Hornett
1955
Simon and Laura
as Laura from Newcastle
Out of the Clouds
as Rich Woman's Companion
1954
The Sleeping Tiger
as Scrubwoman with ladder
1953
The Large Rope
as Screaming Woman
The Steel Key
as Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room
Noose for a Lady
as Miss Ginch
1952
Crow Hollow
as Aunt Judith Armour
1950
Last Holiday
as Miss Fox
Double Confession
as Madam Cleo
Guilt Is My Shadow
as Peggy
1949
Marry Me
as Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited)
The Huggetts Abroad
as Brown Owl
Vote for Huggett
as (uncredited)
Helter Skelter
as Autograph Huntress
1948
Here Come the Huggetts
as Youth Leader
1947
Jassy
as Lindy Wicks
Holiday Camp
as Elsie Dawson
1946
The Years Between
as Effie
1944
A Canterbury Tale
as Agnes
English Without Tears
as Queenie
The Way Ahead
as Mrs. Ted Brewer
Fanny by Gaslight
as Maid (uncredited)
1942
The Young Mr. Pitt
as Servant at Lord Auckland's
Asking for Trouble
as Ada
1941
Quiet Wedding
as (uncredited)
1940
Contraband
as Erik Skold's Niece
1939
The Spy in Black
as Maggie
Poison Pen
as Mrs Warren
I Met a Murderer
as A Hiker
Trouble Brewing
as Maid
1938
It's in the Air
as Sir Philip's Maid
I See Ice
as Bride
1937
The Five Pound Man
as Lucy
1936
The Man Behind the Mask
as Waitress