Esma Cannon
Birthday: 1905-12-27
Deathday: 1972-10-18
Birthplace: Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned
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.
Credits
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1977-11-10 | That's Carry On! | Various Characters |
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1964-06-21 | Hide and Seek | Tea Lady |
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1963-06-01 | Carry On Cabby | Flo Sims |
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1963-05-17 | We Joined the Navy | Consul's Wife |
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1963-01-03 | Nurse on Wheels | Mrs. Jones |
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1962-12-14 | The Fast Lady | Lady on Zebra Crossing |
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1962-12-11 | On the Beat | Mrs. Stammers |
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1962-05-17 | In the Doghouse | Mrs. Raikes |
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1962-03-12 | Carry On Cruising | Bridget Madderley |
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1961-11-01 | Over the Odds | Alice |
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1961-09-15 | What a Carve Up! | Aunt Emily |
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1961-09-06 | Raising the Wind | Mrs. Deevens |
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1961-04-04 | Carry On Regardless | Miss Cooling |
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1960-11-01 | No Kidding | District Nurse |
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1960-07-12 | Doctor in Love | Rafia Woman (uncredited) |
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1960-02-22 | Carry On Constable | Deaf Old Lady |
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1960-02-02 | The Flesh and the Fiends | Aggie |
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1960-01-31 | Inn for Trouble | Dolly |
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1959-12-01 | Expresso Bongo | Nightclub Cleaner |
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1959-08-18 | I'm All Right Jack | Spencer |
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1959-05-28 | Jack the Ripper | Nelly |
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1958-10-28 | Further Up the Creek | Maudie Lovelace |
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1956-12-23 | Three Men in a Boat | Meek Woman (Maze) |
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1956-10-01 | A Touch of the Sun | Miss Tickle |
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1956-09-04 | Sailor Beware | Edie Hornett |
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1955-11-02 | Simon and Laura | Laura from Newcastle |
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1955-02-15 | Out of the Clouds | Rich Woman's Companion |
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1954-06-21 | The Sleeping Tiger | Scrubwoman with ladder |
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1953-12-01 | The Large Rope | Screaming Woman |
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1953-05-01 | The Steel Key | Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room |
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1953-04-01 | Noose for a Lady | Miss Ginch |
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1952-08-01 | Crow Hollow | Aunt Judith Armour |
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1950-05-15 | Last Holiday | Miss Fox |
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1950-04-30 | Double Confession | Madam Cleo |
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1950-03-22 | Guilt Is My Shadow | Peggy |
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1949-06-07 | Marry Me | Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited) |
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1949-03-21 | The Huggetts Abroad | Brown Owl |
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1949-02-01 | Vote for Huggett | (uncredited) |
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1949-01-07 | Helter Skelter | Autograph Huntress |
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1948-12-02 | Here Come the Huggetts | Youth Leader |
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1947-08-13 | Jassy | Lindy Wicks |
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1947-08-05 | Holiday Camp | Elsie Dawson |
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1946-07-08 | The Years Between | Effie |
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1944-08-21 | A Canterbury Tale | Agnes |
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1944-07-28 | English Without Tears | Queenie |
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1944-06-09 | The Way Ahead | Mrs. Ted Brewer |
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1944-05-08 | Fanny by Gaslight | Maid (uncredited) |
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1942-09-21 | The Young Mr. Pitt | Servant at Lord Auckland's |
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1942-09-01 | Asking for Trouble | Ada |
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1942-06-29 | We Serve | |
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1941-04-19 | Quiet Wedding | (uncredited) |
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1940-05-11 | Contraband | Erik Skold's Niece |
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1939-08-03 | The Spy in Black | Maggie |
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1939-07-03 | Poison Pen | Mrs Warren |
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1939-03-04 | I Met a Murderer | A Hiker |
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1939-03-01 | Trouble Brewing | Maid |
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1939-03-01 | The Nursemaid Who Disappeared | |
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1938-11-01 | It's in the Air | Sir Philip's Maid |
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1938-02-10 | I See Ice | Bride |
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1937-01-01 | The Five Pound Man | Lucy |
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1936-08-23 | The Man Behind the Mask | Waitress |