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.
A Canterbury Tale
as AgnesThree modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.
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No Kidding
as District NurseA young couple, David and Catherine Robinson, has to turn their large country house into a...
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On the Beat
as Mrs. StammersNorman Pitkin wants to be a policeman like his father was, but he fails the height test (amongst...
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Last Holiday
as Miss FoxGeorge Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live....
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The Sleeping Tiger
as Scrubwoman with ladderA petty thief breaks into the home of a psychiatrist and gets caught in a web of a doctor who...
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Carry On Cabby
as Flo SimsSpeedee Taxis is a great success, which means its workaholic owner Charlie starts neglecting...
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Expresso Bongo
as Nightclub CleanerA seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation.
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Double Confession
as Madam CleoThe hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He...
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The Spy in Black
as MaggieA German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.
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The Flesh and the Fiends
as AggieEdinburgh surgeon Dr. Robert Knox requires cadavers for his research into the functioning of the...
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Carry On Cruising
as Bridget MadderleyCaptain Crowther's lot is not a happy one! Five of his crew have to be replaced and at such...
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Jack the Ripper
as NellyA serial killer is murdering women in the Whitechapel district of London. An American policeman...
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The Way Ahead
as Mrs. Ted BrewerA mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry ...
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I'm All Right Jack
as SpencerNaive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business....
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Carry On Constable
as Deaf Old LadyWith a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills...
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Carry On Regardless
as Miss CoolingAfter a bunch of no-hopers approaches an employment agency, the anarchy mounts as they do a...
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English Without Tears
as QueenieWhile Lady Christabel Beauclark, a bird fancier, is scurrying about demanding certain...
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Simon and Laura
as Laura from NewcastleBickering married performers agree to star in a "Mr. and Mrs." TV show.
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A woman is haunted by her conscience after she murders a man and then hides the body. Based on...
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Fanny by Gaslight
as Maid (uncredited)Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her...
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What a Carve Up!
as Aunt EmilyErnie's Uncle Gabriel has just died but to claim his inheritance he must spend the night in the...
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Contraband
as Erik Skold's NieceWhen a neutral Danish merchant ship is forced to put into port after trying to evade British...
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That's Carry On!
as Various CharactersCelebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth...
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Inn for Trouble
as DollyPeggy Mount and David Kossoff star as Ada and Alf Larkin in this big screen version of the...
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The Fast Lady
as Lady on Zebra CrossingA Scottish civil servant must learn how to drive a Bentley to impress his girlfriend's tycoon...
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A Touch of the Sun
as Miss TickleA hotel porter is left a fortune but after living it up for a while he returns to his old place...
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Doctor in Love
as Rafia Woman (uncredited)Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice,...
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The Years Between
as EffieMichael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson, Flora Robson and Felix Aylmer star in this moving and...
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Raising the Wind
as Mrs. Deevens'Carry On' director Gerald Thomas helms this comedy caper featuring early appearances by James...
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Sailor Beware
as Edie HornettBattle-axe Emma Hornett dominates her hen-pecked husband Henry, his meek sister Edie and...
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Holiday Camp
as Elsie DawsonThe Huggett family go to a holiday camp, and get involved in crooked card players, a murderer on...
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Vote for Huggett
as (uncredited)A firm of solicitors do battle with the head of the local council over a parcel of river front...
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Helter Skelter
as Autograph HuntressA detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.
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Jassy
as Lindy WicksIn 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight....
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Nurse on Wheels
as Mrs. JonesQuietly competent young Joanna moves with her scatterbrain mother to a country village to take...
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Hide and Seek
as Tea LadyA professor of astronomy helping on a missile development program. An old friend of his is a...
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Here Come the Huggetts
as Youth LeaderThe Huggetts have their first telephone installed, sleep rough on The Mall whilst waiting for...
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Poison Pen
as Mrs WarrenThe inhabitants of a peaceful village begin receiving mysterious hate mail penned by someone...
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We Joined the Navy
as Consul's WifeLt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has one besetting...
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The Large Rope
as Screaming WomanAfter being framed for a murder he didn't commit, Tom Penney (Donald Houston) serves his time...
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Trouble Brewing
as MaidEaling comedy starring music hall star George Formby. An eager newspaper reporter (Formby) goes...
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Three Men in a Boat
as Meek Woman (Maze)Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and...
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Quiet Wedding
as (uncredited)A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.
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The Huggetts Abroad
as Brown OwlLife is not going well for the Huggetts. Father has lost his job. Jimmy and his wife cannot get...
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It's in the Air
as Sir Philip's MaidGeorge Brown is rejected as an Air Raid Warden and in doing so sees his potential to join the...
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The Man Behind the Mask
as WaitressA young couple attend a masked ball before their planned (but secret) elopement. Suddenly...
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Further Up the Creek
as Maudie LovelaceThe sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant...
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Crow Hollow
as Aunt Judith ArmourA greedy woman tries to poison her nephew's bride in a dark mansion.
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I See Ice
as BrideGeorge Bright is a props man in an ice ballet company, and a keen amateur photographer who...
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Out of the Clouds
as Rich Woman's CompanionA day following workers at an airport
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The Steel Key
as Patient in Doctor's Waiting RoomAn adventurer investigates the theft of a formula for hardened steel, assisted by his girlfriend.
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In the Doghouse
as Mrs. RaikesAfter 10 years of failure a bumbling vet finally graduates and takes on his own practice.
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Noose for a Lady
as Miss GinchAn amateur detective races against time to clear the name of his cousin, who is accused of...
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I Met a Murderer
as A HikerAn Englishwoman who writes novels meets a farmer who has just killed his nagging wife.
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Maigret
as uncreditedBBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector...
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The Rag Trade
as uncreditedThe Rag Trade is a British television sitcom broadcast by the BBC between 1961 and 1963 and by...
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