Cast & creator
Esma Cannon
Best known for Maigret, Stryker of the Yard, The Rag Trade
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.
Also known as: Esme Cannon
63
film credits
3
television credits
66
1936–1998 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (66)
Showing 66 of 66 credits
Maigret
1960Stryker of the Yard
1961
The Rag Trade
1961
Carry On Cruising
Bridget Madderley
1962
I'm All Right Jack
Spencer
1959
The Flesh and the Fiends
Aggie
1960
What's a Carry On?
Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
That's Carry On!
Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
1977
What a Carve Up!
Aunt Emily
1961
Out of the Clouds
Rich Woman's Companion
1955
We Joined the Navy
Consul's Wife
1963
Poison Pen
Mrs Warren
1939
Helter Skelter
Autograph Huntress (uncredited)
1949
A Touch of the Sun
Miss Tickle
1956
A Canterbury Tale
Agnes
1944
On the Beat
Mrs. Timms
1962
Last Holiday
Miss Fox
1950
Carry On Constable
Deaf Old Lady
1960
Three Men in a Boat
Meek Woman (Maze)
1956
Trouble in Store
Café Customer (uncredited)
1953
Carry On Regardless
Miss Cooling
1961
The Young Mr. Pitt
Servant at Lord Auckland's
1942
Further Up the Creek
Maudie Lovelace
1958
The Spy in Black
Maggie
1939
Contraband
Erik Skold's Niece
1940
Fanny by Gaslight
Maid (uncredited)
1944
Simon and Laura
Laura from Newcastle
1955
Marry Me
Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited)
1949
Crow Hollow
Aunt Judith Armour
1952
Noose for a Lady
Miss Ginch
1953
The Man Behind the Mask
Waitress
1936
It's in the Air
Sir Philip's Maid
1938
The Way Ahead
Mrs. Ted Brewer
1944
I Met a Murderer
A Hiker
1939
Carry On Cabby
Flo Sims
1963
Doctor in Love
Rafia Woman (uncredited)
1960
No Kidding
District Nurse
1960
Guilt Is My Shadow
Peggy
1950
The Sleeping Tiger
Scrubwoman with ladder
1954
Here Come the Huggetts
Youth Leader
1948
Jack the Ripper
Nelly
1959
Jassy
Lindy Wicks
1947
Expresso Bongo
Nightclub Cleaner
1959
The Fast Lady
Lady on Zebra Crossing
1962
Nurse on Wheels
Mrs. Jones
1963
I See Ice
Bride
1938
Raising the Wind
Mrs. Deevens
1961
Inn for Trouble
Dolly
1960The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
1939
The Large Rope
Screaming Woman
1953
English Without Tears
Queenie
1944
Double Confession
Madam Cleo
1950
Sailor Beware
Edie Hornett
1956
The Steel Key
Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room
1953
Over the Odds
Alice
1961
Quiet Wedding
(uncredited)
1941
The Years Between
Effie
1946
Holiday Camp
Elsie Dawson
1947The Five Pound Man
Lucy
1937
Vote for Huggett
(uncredited)
1949
Hide and Seek
Tea Lady
1964
In the Doghouse
Mrs. Raikes
1962
The Huggetts Abroad
Brown Owl
1949
Trouble Brewing
Maid
1939Asking for Trouble
Ada
1942