Esma Cannon

Esma Cannon

Acting

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

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What's a Carry On? ★ 7.7 What's a Carry On? 1998 That's Carry On! ★ 5.8 That's Carry On! 1977 Hide and Seek ★ 7.0 Hide and Seek 1964 Carry On Cabby ★ 6.5 Carry On Cabby 1963 We Joined the Navy ★ 6.0 We Joined the Navy 1963 Nurse on Wheels ★ 6.1 Nurse on Wheels 1963 The Fast Lady ★ 5.8 The Fast Lady 1962 On the Beat ★ 7.7 On the Beat 1962 In the Doghouse ★ 6.4 In the Doghouse 1962 Carry On Cruising ★ 6.1 Carry On Cruising 1962 Stryker of the Yard Stryker of the Yard 1961 Over the Odds ★ 10.0 Over the Odds 1961 The Rag Trade ★ 6.3 The Rag Trade 1961 What a Carve Up! ★ 7.0 What a Carve Up! 1961 Raising the Wind ★ 6.3 Raising the Wind 1961 Carry On Regardless ★ 6.3 Carry On Regardless 1961 No Kidding ★ 6.1 No Kidding 1960 Maigret ★ 7.1 Maigret 1960 Doctor in Love ★ 5.5 Doctor in Love 1960 Carry On Constable ★ 6.3 Carry On Constable 1960 The Flesh and the Fiends ★ 6.6 The Flesh and the Fiends 1960 Inn for Trouble ★ 6.9 Inn for Trouble 1960 Expresso Bongo ★ 5.3 Expresso Bongo 1959 I'm All Right Jack ★ 6.6 I'm All Right Jack 1959 Jack the Ripper ★ 6.2 Jack the Ripper 1959 Further Up the Creek ★ 6.6 Further Up the Creek 1958 Three Men in a Boat ★ 6.3 Three Men in a Boat 1956 A Touch of the Sun ★ 6.0 A Touch of the Sun 1956 Sailor Beware ★ 7.5 Sailor Beware 1956 Simon and Laura ★ 5.9 Simon and Laura 1955 Out of the Clouds ★ 6.1 Out of the Clouds 1955 The Sleeping Tiger ★ 5.5 The Sleeping Tiger 1954 Trouble in Store ★ 6.1 Trouble in Store 1953 The Large Rope ★ 6.0 The Large Rope 1953 The Steel Key ★ 6.5 The Steel Key 1953 Noose for a Lady ★ 6.0 Noose for a Lady 1953 Crow Hollow ★ 6.0 Crow Hollow 1952 Last Holiday ★ 7.2 Last Holiday 1950 Double Confession ★ 6.2 Double Confession 1950 Guilt Is My Shadow ★ 5.7 Guilt Is My Shadow 1950 Helter Skelter ★ 6.4 Helter Skelter 1949 Marry Me ★ 5.8 Marry Me 1949 The Huggetts Abroad ★ 6.8 The Huggetts Abroad 1949 Vote for Huggett ★ 7.2 Vote for Huggett 1949 Here Come the Huggetts ★ 6.7 Here Come the Huggetts 1948 Jassy ★ 5.5 Jassy 1947 Holiday Camp ★ 6.8 Holiday Camp 1947 The Years Between ★ 6.7 The Years Between 1946 A Canterbury Tale ★ 6.9 A Canterbury Tale 1944 English Without Tears ★ 6.3 English Without Tears 1944 The Way Ahead ★ 6.6 The Way Ahead 1944 Fanny by Gaslight ★ 5.6 Fanny by Gaslight 1944 The Young Mr. Pitt ★ 6.2 The Young Mr. Pitt 1942 Asking for Trouble ★ 6.7 Asking for Trouble 1942 We Serve We Serve 1942 Quiet Wedding ★ 5.3 Quiet Wedding 1941 Contraband ★ 7.1 Contraband 1940 The Spy in Black ★ 6.5 The Spy in Black 1939 Poison Pen ★ 6.7 Poison Pen 1939 I Met a Murderer ★ 5.5 I Met a Murderer 1939 Trouble Brewing ★ 6.9 Trouble Brewing 1939 The Nursemaid Who Disappeared ★ 10.0 The Nursemaid Who Disappeared 1939 It's in the Air ★ 5.9 It's in the Air 1938 I See Ice ★ 6.5 I See Ice 1938 The Five Pound Man ★ 7.0 The Five Pound Man 1937 The Man Behind the Mask ★ 5.3 The Man Behind the Mask 1936