Esma Cannon
Known for 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.
Filmography
Fanny by Gaslight
1944
as Maid (uncredited)
Helter Skelter
1949
as Autograph Huntress (uncredited)
We Joined the Navy
1963
as Consul's Wife
What's a Carry On?
1998
as Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)
Last Holiday
1950
as Miss Fox
I'm All Right Jack
1959
as Spencer
The Way Ahead
1944
as Mrs. Ted Brewer
The Spy in Black
1939
as Maggie
That's Carry On!
1977
as Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
Carry On Cabby
1963
as Flo Sims
Out of the Clouds
1955
as Rich Woman's Companion
Carry On Cruising
1962
as Bridget Madderley
Expresso Bongo
1959
as Nightclub Cleaner
Poison Pen
1939
as Mrs Warren
Carry On Regardless
1961
as Miss Cooling
A Touch of the Sun
1956
as Miss Tickle
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942
as Servant at Lord Auckland's
I See Ice
1938
as Bride
The Sleeping Tiger
1954
as Scrubwoman with ladder
On the Beat
1962
as Mrs. Timms