Esma Cannon
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Carry On Regardless
1961
as Miss Cooling
I'm All Right Jack
1959
as Spencer
Last Holiday
1950
as Miss Fox
The Spy in Black
1939
as Maggie
Carry On Constable
1960
as Deaf Old Lady
Carry On Cruising
1962
as Bridget Madderley
The Way Ahead
1944
as Mrs. Ted Brewer
Helter Skelter
1949
as Autograph Huntress (uncredited)
Doctor in Love
1960
as Rafia Woman (uncredited)
A Canterbury Tale
1944
as Agnes
Jassy
1947
as Lindy Wicks
Contraband
1940
as Erik Skold's Niece
A Touch of the Sun
1956
as Miss Tickle
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960
as Aggie
The Fast Lady
1962
as Lady on Zebra Crossing
That's Carry On!
1977
as Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
The Sleeping Tiger
1954
as Scrubwoman with ladder
What's a Carry On?
1998
as Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)
No Kidding
1960
as District Nurse
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942
as Servant at Lord Auckland's