Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1905-12-27

Deathday

1972-10-18 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Also Known As

Esme Cannon

Esma Cannon

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.

Known For

6.9%

A Canterbury Tale

Aug 21, 1944

6.7%

I'm All Right Jack

Aug 18, 1959

6.1%

Carry On Cruising

Mar 12, 1962

6.4%

Carry On Cabby

Jun 1, 1963

6.4%

The Spy in Black

Aug 3, 1939

6.3%

Carry On Constable

Feb 22, 1960

6.6%

The Flesh and the Fiends

Feb 2, 1960

6.3%

Carry On Regardless

Apr 4, 1961

7.2%

Last Holiday

May 15, 1950

6.4%

The Way Ahead

Jun 9, 1944

7.7%

On the Beat

Dec 11, 1962

5.6%

The Sleeping Tiger

Jun 21, 1954

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Acting

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
1961		Over the Odds as Alice
1961		The Rag Trade
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
1960		Doctor in Love as Rafia Woman
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

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

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