Esma Cannon

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.

Cast

Carry On Regardless

(Miss Cooling)

Carry On Cruising

(Bridget Madderley)

The Way Ahead

(Mrs. Ted Brewer)

Raising the Wind

(Mrs. Deevens)

Hide and Seek

(Tea Lady)

That's Carry On!

(Various Characters)

Carry On Cabby

(Flo Sims)

The Five Pound Man

(Lucy)

The Sleeping Tiger

(Scrubwoman with ladder)

No Kidding

(District Nurse)

Crow Hollow

(Aunt Judith Armour)

The Years Between

(Effie)

Nurse on Wheels

(Mrs. Jones)

Further Up the Creek

(Maudie Lovelace)

Trouble Brewing

(Maid)

Jassy

(Lindy Wicks)

Here Come the Huggetts

(Youth Leader)

The Huggetts Abroad

(Brown Owl)

What a Carve Up!

(Aunt Emily)

Holiday Camp

(Elsie Dawson)

Out of the Clouds

(Rich Woman's Companion)

On the Beat

(Mrs. Stammers)

The Nursemaid Who Disappeared

I'm All Right Jack

(Spencer)

Poison Pen

(Mrs Warren)

The Spy in Black

(Maggie)

I See Ice

(Bride)

It's in the Air

(Sir Philip's Maid)

Inn for Trouble

(Dolly)

Contraband

(Erik Skold's Niece)

The Man Behind the Mask

(Waitress)

Carry On Constable

(Deaf Old Lady)

Doctor in Love

(Rafia Woman (uncredited))

Last Holiday

(Miss Fox)

I Met a Murderer

(A Hiker)

Asking for Trouble

(Ada)

Quiet Wedding

((uncredited))

In the Doghouse

(Mrs. Raikes)

Sailor Beware

(Edie Hornett)

Jack the Ripper

(Nelly)

Double Confession

(Madam Cleo)

Vote for Huggett

((uncredited))

Expresso Bongo

(Nightclub Cleaner)

Guilt Is My Shadow

(Peggy)

We Joined the Navy

(Consul's Wife)

We Serve

Three Men in a Boat

(Meek Woman (Maze))

The Large Rope

(Screaming Woman)

Noose for a Lady

(Miss Ginch)

A Canterbury Tale

(Agnes)

Simon and Laura

(Laura from Newcastle)

Helter Skelter

(Autograph Huntress)

The Fast Lady

(Lady on Zebra Crossing)

English Without Tears

(Queenie)

Marry Me

(Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited))

The Steel Key

(Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room)

Fanny by Gaslight

(Maid (uncredited))

A Touch of the Sun

(Miss Tickle)

The Flesh and the Fiends

(Aggie)

The Young Mr. Pitt

(Servant at Lord Auckland's)

The Rag Trade

Maigret

Stryker of the Yard