Esma Cannon
Actor
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
I'm All Right Jack
as Spencer 1959
Carry On Cruising
as Bridget Madderley 1962
Carry On Cabby
as Flo Sims 1963
The Spy in Black
as Maggie 1939
Carry On Constable
as Deaf Old Lady 1960
The Flesh and the Fiends
as Aggie 1960
Last Holiday
as Miss Fox 1950
Carry On Regardless
as Miss Cooling 1961
The Way Ahead
as Mrs. Ted Brewer 1944
The Sleeping Tiger
as Scrubwoman with ladder 1954
On the Beat
as Mrs. Timms 1962
Jack the Ripper
as Nelly 1959
That's Carry On!
as Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage) 1977
Trouble in Store
as Café Customer (uncredited) 1953
What a Carve Up!
as Aunt Emily 1961
The Fast Lady
as Lady on Zebra Crossing 1962