Esma Cannon

Born: 1905-12-27

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.


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Carry On Cruising

as Bridget Madderley
Released: 1962-03-12

Captain Crowther's lot is not a happy one! Five of his crew have to be replaced and at such...

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Carry On Cabby

as Flo Sims
Released: 1963-06-01

Speedee Taxis is a great success, which means its workaholic owner Charlie starts neglecting...

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The Spy in Black

as Maggie
Released: 1939-08-03

A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.

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A Canterbury Tale

as Agnes
Released: 1944-08-21

Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.

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The Flesh and the Fiends

as Aggie
Released: 1960-02-02

Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Robert Knox requires cadavers for his research into the functioning of the...

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Last Holiday

as Miss Fox
Released: 1950-05-15

George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live....

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The Way Ahead

as Mrs. Ted Brewer
Released: 1944-06-09

A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry ...

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The Sleeping Tiger

as Scrubwoman with ladder
Released: 1954-06-21

A petty thief breaks into the home of a psychiatrist and gets caught in a web of a doctor who...

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I'm All Right Jack

as Spencer
Released: 1959-08-18

Naive 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 Lady
Released: 1960-02-22

With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills...

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Carry On Regardless

as Miss Cooling
Released: 1961-04-04

After a bunch of no-hopers approaches an employment agency, the anarchy mounts as they do a...

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That's Carry On!

as Various Characters
Released: 1977-01-01

Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth...

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Jack the Ripper

as Nelly
Released: 1959-05-28

A serial killer is murdering women in the Whitechapel district of London. An American policeman...

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No Kidding

as District Nurse
Released: 1960-11-01

A young couple, David and Catherine Robinson, has to turn their large country house into a...

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I See Ice

as Bride
Released: 1938-02-10

George Bright is a props man in an ice ballet company, and a keen amateur photographer who...

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Poison Pen

as Mrs Warren
Released: 1939-07-03

The inhabitants of a peaceful village begin receiving mysterious hate mail penned by someone...

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In the Doghouse

as Mrs. Raikes
Released: 1962-05-17

After 10 years of failure a bumbling vet finally graduates and takes on his own practice.

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What a Carve Up!

as Aunt Emily
Released: 1961-09-15

Ernie'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 Niece
Released: 1940-05-11

When a neutral Danish merchant ship is forced to put into port after trying to evade British...

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Simon and Laura

as Laura from Newcastle
Released: 1955-11-02

A couple of bickering, married performers agree to star in a "Mr. and Mrs." TV show.

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The Fast Lady

as Lady on Zebra Crossing
Released: 1962-12-14

A Scottish civil servant must learn how to drive a Bentley to impress his girlfriend's tycoon...

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Nurse on Wheels

as Mrs. Jones
Released: 1963-01-03

Quietly competent young Joanna moves with her scatterbrain mother to a country village to take...

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On the Beat

as Mrs. Stammers
Released: 1962-12-11

Norman Pitkin wants to be a policeman like his father was, but he fails the height test (amongst...

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The Young Mr. Pitt

as Servant at Lord Auckland's
Released: 1942-09-21

This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great...

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Jassy

as Lindy Wicks
Released: 1947-08-13

In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight....

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Expresso Bongo

as Nightclub Cleaner
Released: 1959-12-01

A seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation.

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Holiday Camp

as Elsie Dawson
Released: 1947-08-05

The Huggett family go to a holiday camp, and get involved in crooked card players, a murderer on...

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The Years Between

as Effie
Released: 1946-07-08

Michael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson, Flora Robson and Felix Aylmer star in this moving and...

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The Huggetts Abroad

as Brown Owl
Released: 1949-03-21

Life is not going well for the Huggetts. Father has lost his job. Jimmy and his wife cannot get...

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Three Men in a Boat

as Meek Woman (Maze)
Released: 1956-12-23

Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and...

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The Man Behind the Mask

as Waitress
Released: 1936-08-23

A young couple attend a masked ball before their planned (but secret) elopement. Suddenly...

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as Peggy
Released: 1950-03-22

A woman is haunted by her conscience after she murders a man and then hides the body. Based on...

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Further Up the Creek

as Maudie Lovelace
Released: 1958-10-28

The sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant...

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It's in the Air

as Sir Philip's Maid
Released: 1938-11-01

George Brown is rejected as an Air Raid Warden and in doing so sees his potential to join the...

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Double Confession

as Madam Cleo
Released: 1950-04-30

The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He...

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Inn for Trouble

as Dolly
Released: 1960-01-31

Peggy Mount and David Kossoff star as Ada and Alf Larkin in this big screen version of the...

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We Joined the Navy

as Consul's Wife
Released: 1963-05-17

Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has one besetting...

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Fanny by Gaslight

as Maid (uncredited)
Released: 1944-05-08

Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her...

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Crow Hollow

as Aunt Judith Armour
Released: 1952-08-01

A greedy woman tries to poison her nephew's bride in a dark mansion.

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The Steel Key

as Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room
Released: 1953-05-01

An adventurer investigates the theft of a formula for hardened steel, assisted by his girlfriend.

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Doctor in Love

as Rafia Woman (uncredited)
Released: 1960-07-12

Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice,...

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The Large Rope

as Screaming Woman
Released: 1953-12-01

After being framed for a murder he didn't commit, Tom Penney (Donald Houston) serves his time...

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Hide and Seek

as Tea Lady
Released: 1964-06-21

A professor of astronomy helping on a missile development program. An old friend of his is a...

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Sailor Beware

as Edie Hornett
Released: 1956-09-04

Battle-axe Emma Hornett dominates her hen-pecked husband Henry, his meek sister Edie and...

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Helter Skelter

as Autograph Huntress
Released: 1949-01-07

A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.

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Raising the Wind

as Mrs. Deevens
Released: 1961-09-06

'Carry On' director Gerald Thomas helms this comedy caper featuring early appearances by James...

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English Without Tears

as Queenie
Released: 1944-07-28

While Lady Christabel Beauclark, a bird fancier, is scurrying about demanding certain...

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Trouble Brewing

as Maid
Released: 1939-03-01

Ealing comedy starring music hall star George Formby. An eager newspaper reporter (Formby) goes...

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I Met a Murderer

as A Hiker
Released: 1939-03-04

An Englishwoman who writes novels meets a farmer who has just killed his nagging wife.

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A Touch of the Sun

as Miss Tickle
Released: 1956-10-01

A hotel porter is left a fortune but after living it up for a while he returns to his old place...

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Here Come the Huggetts

as Youth Leader
Released: 1948-12-02

The Huggetts have their first telephone installed, sleep rough on The Mall whilst waiting for...

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Quiet Wedding

as (uncredited)
Released: 1941-04-19

A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.

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Vote for Huggett

as (uncredited)
Released: 1949-02-01

A firm of solicitors do battle with the head of the local council over a parcel of river front...

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Noose for a Lady

as Miss Ginch
Released: 1953-04-01

An amateur detective races against time to clear the name of his cousin, who is accused of...

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Out of the Clouds

as Rich Woman's Companion
Released: 1955-02-15

A day following workers at an airport

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Over the Odds

as Alice
Released: 1961-11-01

A bookmaker struggles to cope with his two mothers-in-law.

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Maigret

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-10-31

BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector...

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The Rag Trade

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-10-06

The Rag Trade is a British television sitcom broadcast by the BBC between 1961 and 1963 and by...

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