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.
Acted in 61
1990s
- 1998
What's a Carry On?
Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)
1970s
- 1977
That's Carry On!
Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
1960s
- 1964
Hide and Seek
Tea Lady
- 1963
Carry On Cabby
Flo Sims
We Joined the Navy
Consul's Wife
Nurse on Wheels
Mrs. Jones
- 1962
The Fast Lady
Lady on Zebra Crossing
On the Beat
Mrs. Timms
In the Doghouse
Mrs. Raikes
Carry On Cruising
Bridget Madderley
- 1961
Over the Odds
Alice
The Rag Trade
TV
What a Carve Up!
Aunt Emily
Raising the Wind
Mrs. Deevens
Carry On Regardless
Miss Cooling
- 1960
No Kidding
District Nurse
Doctor in Love
Rafia Woman (uncredited)
Carry On Constable
Deaf Old Lady
Inn for Trouble
Dolly
1950s
- 1959
Expresso Bongo
Nightclub Cleaner
I'm All Right Jack
Spencer
Jack the Ripper
Nelly
- 1958
Further Up the Creek
Maudie Lovelace
- 1956
Three Men in a Boat
Meek Woman (Maze)
A Touch of the Sun
Miss Tickle
Sailor Beware
Edie Hornett
- 1955
Simon and Laura
Laura from Newcastle
Out of the Clouds
Rich Woman's Companion
- 1954
The Sleeping Tiger
Scrubwoman with ladder
- 1953
Trouble in Store
Café Customer (uncredited)
The Large Rope
Screaming Woman
The Steel Key
Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room
Noose for a Lady
Miss Ginch
- 1952
- 1950
Last Holiday
Miss Fox
Double Confession
Madam Cleo
Guilt Is My Shadow
Peggy
1940s
- 1949
Helter Skelter
Autograph Huntress (uncredited)
Marry Me
Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited)
The Huggetts Abroad
Brown Owl
Vote for Huggett
(uncredited)
- 1948
Here Come the Huggetts
Youth Leader
- 1947
Jassy
Lindy Wicks
Holiday Camp
Elsie Dawson
- 1946
The Years Between
Effie
- 1944
English Without Tears
Queenie
Fanny by Gaslight
Maid (uncredited)
- 1942
The Young Mr. Pitt
Servant at Lord Auckland's
- 1941
Quiet Wedding
(uncredited)
- 1940
Contraband
Erik Skold's Niece
1930s
- 1939
The Spy in Black
Maggie
Poison Pen
Mrs Warren
I Met a Murderer
A Hiker
Trouble Brewing
Maid
- 1938
It's in the Air
Sir Philip's Maid
I See Ice
Bride
- 1936
The Man Behind the Mask
Waitress