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Esma Cannon
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…
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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.
Filmography
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1998
What's a Carry On?
Movie Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1977
That's Carry On!
Movie Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
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1964
Hide and Seek
Movie Tea Lady
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1963
Carry On Cabby
Movie Flo Sims
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1963
We Joined the Navy
Movie Consul's Wife
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1963
Nurse on Wheels
Movie Mrs. Jones
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1962
The Fast Lady
Movie Lady on Zebra Crossing
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1962
On the Beat
Movie Mrs. Timms
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1962
In the Doghouse
Movie Mrs. Raikes
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1962
Carry On Cruising
Movie Bridget Madderley
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1961
Stryker of the Yard
TV show
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1961
Over the Odds
Movie Alice
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1961
The Rag Trade
TV show
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1961
What a Carve Up!
Movie Aunt Emily
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1961
Raising the Wind
Movie Mrs. Deevens
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1961
Carry On Regardless
Movie Miss Cooling
More credits
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1960
No Kidding
Movie District Nurse
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1960
Maigret
TV show
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1960
Doctor in Love
Movie Rafia Woman (uncredited)
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1960
Carry On Constable
Movie Deaf Old Lady
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1960
The Flesh and the Fiends
Movie Aggie
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1960
Inn for Trouble
Movie Dolly
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1959
Expresso Bongo
Movie Nightclub Cleaner
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1959
I'm All Right Jack
Movie Spencer
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1959
Jack the Ripper
Movie Nelly
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1958
Further Up the Creek
Movie Maudie Lovelace
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1956
Three Men in a Boat
Movie Meek Woman (Maze)
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1956
A Touch of the Sun
Movie Miss Tickle
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1956
Sailor Beware
Movie Edie Hornett
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1955
Simon and Laura
Movie Laura from Newcastle
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1955
Out of the Clouds
Movie Rich Woman's Companion
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1954
The Sleeping Tiger
Movie Scrubwoman with ladder
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1953
Trouble in Store
Movie Café Customer (uncredited)
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1953
The Large Rope
Movie Screaming Woman
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1953
The Steel Key
Movie Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room
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1953
Noose for a Lady
Movie Miss Ginch
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1952
Crow Hollow
Movie Aunt Judith Armour
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1950
Last Holiday
Movie Miss Fox
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1950
Double Confession
Movie Madam Cleo
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1950
Guilt Is My Shadow
Movie Peggy
