Acting
Community Rating
6.1
TMDB estimate
Born
December 27, 1905
Died
October 18, 1972 (age 66)
Born in
Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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.

What's a Carry On?
as Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998

That's Carry On!
as Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
1977

Hide and Seek
as Tea Lady
1964

Carry On Cabby
as Flo Sims
1963

We Joined the Navy
as Consul's Wife
1963

Nurse on Wheels
as Mrs. Jones
1963

The Fast Lady
as Lady on Zebra Crossing
1962

On the Beat
as Mrs. Timms
1962

In the Doghouse
as Mrs. Raikes
1962

Carry On Cruising
as Bridget Madderley
1962
Stryker of the Yard
1961

Over the Odds
as Alice
1961

The Rag Trade
1961

What a Carve Up!
as Aunt Emily
1961

Raising the Wind
as Mrs. Deevens
1961

Carry On Regardless
as Miss Cooling
1961

No Kidding
as District Nurse
1960

Maigret
1960

Doctor in Love
as Rafia Woman (uncredited)
1960

Carry On Constable
as Deaf Old Lady
1960