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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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1905-12-27

Died: 1972-10-18

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1936	The Man Behind the Mask	Waitress	48
2	1937	The Five Pound Man	Lucy	0
3	1938	I See Ice	Bride	81
4	1938	It's in the Air	Sir Philip's Maid	56
5	1939	Trouble Brewing	Maid	67
6	1939	The Nursemaid Who Disappeared		0
7	1939	I Met a Murderer	A Hiker	47
8	1939	Poison Pen	Mrs Warren	65
9	1939	The Spy in Black	Maggie	64
10	1940	Contraband	Erik Skold's Niece	69
11	1941	Quiet Wedding	(uncredited)	50
12	1942	We Serve		0
13	1942	Asking for Trouble	Ada	60
14	1942	The Young Mr. Pitt	Servant at Lord Auckland's	57
15	1944	Fanny by Gaslight	Maid (uncredited)	57
16	1944	The Way Ahead	Mrs. Ted Brewer	65
17	1944	English Without Tears	Queenie	57
18	1944	A Canterbury Tale	Agnes	69
19	1946	The Years Between	Effie	62
20	1947	Holiday Camp	Elsie Dawson	61
21	1947	Jassy	Lindy Wicks	54
22	1948	Here Come the Huggetts	Youth Leader	65
23	1949	Helter Skelter	Autograph Huntress	62
24	1949	Vote for Huggett	(uncredited)	66
25	1949	The Huggetts Abroad	Brown Owl	66
26	1949	Marry Me	Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited)	43
27	1950	Guilt Is My Shadow	Peggy	52
28	1950	Double Confession	Madam Cleo	61
29	1950	Last Holiday	Miss Fox	71
30	1952	Crow Hollow	Aunt Judith Armour	58
31	1953	Noose for a Lady	Miss Ginch	57
32	1953	The Steel Key	Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room	55
33	1953	The Large Rope	Screaming Woman	55
34	1954	The Sleeping Tiger	Scrubwoman with ladder	55
35	1955	Out of the Clouds	Rich Woman's Companion	67
36	1955	Simon and Laura	Laura from Newcastle	56
37	1956	Sailor Beware	Edie Hornett	70
38	1956	A Touch of the Sun	Miss Tickle	56
39	1956	Three Men in a Boat	Meek Woman (Maze)	63
40	1958	Further Up the Creek	Maudie Lovelace	60
41	1959	Jack the Ripper	Nelly	61
42	1959	I'm All Right Jack	Spencer	67
43	1959	Expresso Bongo	Nightclub Cleaner	54
44	1960	Inn for Trouble	Dolly	65
45	1960	The Flesh and the Fiends	Aggie	66
46	1960	Carry On Constable	Deaf Old Lady	63
47	1960	Doctor in Love	Rafia Woman	52
48	1960	No Kidding	District Nurse	56
49	1961	Carry On Regardless	Miss Cooling	64
50	1961	Raising the Wind	Mrs. Deevens	62
51	1961	What a Carve Up!	Aunt Emily	70
52	1961	Over the Odds	Alice	0
53	1962	Carry On Cruising	Bridget Madderley	61
54	1962	In the Doghouse	Mrs. Raikes	59
55	1962	On the Beat	Mrs. Stammers	77
56	1962	The Fast Lady	Lady on Zebra Crossing	57
57	1963	Nurse on Wheels	Mrs. Jones	58
58	1963	We Joined the Navy	Consul's Wife	54
59	1963	Carry On Cabby	Flo Sims	65
60	1964	Hide and Seek	Tea Lady	60
61	1977	That's Carry On!	Various Characters	57

Television

No.	Year	Title	Vote Average
1	1960	Maigret	69
2	1961	The Rag Trade	55
3	1961	Stryker of the Yard	0