Esma Cannon
Acting
Born December 27, 1905 · Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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 · 40 titles
Maigret
The Rag Trade
Stryker of the Yard
The Large Rope
Poison Pen
Last Holiday
Fanny by Gaslight
Carry On Constable
I'm All Right Jack
Carry On Regardless
The Young Mr. Pitt
Helter Skelter
Out of the Clouds
Carry On Cruising
Crow Hollow
Expresso Bongo
Carry On Cabby
Noose for a Lady
We Joined the Navy
What a Carve Up!
What's a Carry On?
A Canterbury Tale
The Flesh and the Fiends
Three Men in a Boat
Raising the Wind
Nurse on Wheels
The Spy in Black
The Way Ahead
Jack the Ripper
On the Beat
Trouble in Store
Doctor in Love
The Sleeping Tiger
Contraband
I See Ice
The Fast Lady
Here Come the Huggetts
Further Up the Creek
Double Confession
That's Carry On!