Esma Cannon
December 27, 1905 (119 years old) in Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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
Credits
- 1977 · That's Carry On! as Various Characters
- 1964 · Hide and Seek as Tea Lady
- 1963 · Carry On Cabby as Flo Sims
- 1963 · We Joined the Navy as Consul's Wife
- 1963 · Nurse on Wheels as Mrs. Jones
- 1962 · The Fast Lady as Lady on Zebra Crossing
- 1962 · On the Beat as Mrs. Stammers
- 1962 · In the Doghouse as Mrs. Raikes
- 1962 · Carry On Cruising as Bridget Madderley
- 1961 · Stryker of the Yard as
- 1961 · Over the Odds as Alice
- 1961 · The Rag Trade as
- 1961 · What a Carve Up! as Aunt Emily
- 1961 · Raising the Wind as Mrs. Deevens
- 1961 · Carry On Regardless as Miss Cooling
- 1960 · No Kidding as District Nurse
- 1960 · Maigret as
- 1960 · Doctor in Love as Rafia Woman (uncredited)
- 1960 · Carry On Constable as Deaf Old Lady
- 1960 · The Flesh and the Fiends as Aggie
- 1960 · Inn for Trouble as Dolly
- 1959 · Expresso Bongo as Nightclub Cleaner
- 1959 · I'm All Right Jack as Spencer
- 1959 · Jack the Ripper as Nelly
- 1958 · Further Up the Creek as Maudie Lovelace
- 1956 · Three Men in a Boat as Meek Woman (Maze)
- 1956 · A Touch of the Sun as Miss Tickle
- 1956 · Sailor Beware as Edie Hornett
- 1955 · Simon and Laura as Laura from Newcastle
- 1955 · Out of the Clouds as Rich Woman's Companion
- 1954 · The Sleeping Tiger as Scrubwoman with ladder
- 1953 · The Large Rope as Screaming Woman
- 1953 · The Steel Key as Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room
- 1953 · Noose for a Lady as Miss Ginch
- 1952 · Crow Hollow as Aunt Judith Armour
- 1950 · Last Holiday as Miss Fox
- 1950 · Double Confession as Madam Cleo
- 1950 · Guilt Is My Shadow as Peggy
- 1949 · Marry Me as Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited)
- 1949 · The Huggetts Abroad as Brown Owl
- 1949 · Vote for Huggett as (uncredited)
- 1949 · Helter Skelter as Autograph Huntress
- 1948 · Here Come the Huggetts as Youth Leader
- 1947 · Jassy as Lindy Wicks
- 1947 · Holiday Camp as Elsie Dawson
- 1946 · The Years Between as Effie
- 1944 · A Canterbury Tale as Agnes
- 1944 · English Without Tears as Queenie
- 1944 · The Way Ahead as Mrs. Ted Brewer
- 1944 · Fanny by Gaslight as Maid (uncredited)
- 1942 · The Young Mr. Pitt as Servant at Lord Auckland's
- 1942 · Asking for Trouble as Ada
- 1942 · We Serve as
- 1941 · Quiet Wedding as (uncredited)
- 1940 · Contraband as Erik Skold's Niece
- 1939 · The Spy in Black as Maggie
- 1939 · Poison Pen as Mrs Warren
- 1939 · I Met a Murderer as A Hiker
- 1939 · Trouble Brewing as Maid
- 1939 · The Nursemaid Who Disappeared as
- 1938 · It's in the Air as Sir Philip's Maid
- 1938 · I See Ice as Bride
- 1937 · The Five Pound Man as Lucy
- 1936 · The Man Behind the Mask as Waitress