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