Dec 27, 1905 - 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.
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| Movie | 1961 | Carry On Regardless | Miss Cooling | |
| Movie | 1962 | Carry On Cruising | Bridget Madderley | |
| Movie | 1944 | The Way Ahead | Mrs. Ted Brewer | |
| Movie | 1961 | Raising the Wind | Mrs. Deevens | |
| Movie | 1964 | Hide and Seek | Tea Lady | |
| Movie | 1977 | That's Carry On! | Various Characters | |
| Movie | 1963 | Carry On Cabby | Flo Sims | |
| Movie | 1937 | The Five Pound Man | Lucy | |
| Movie | 1954 | The Sleeping Tiger | Scrubwoman with ladder | |
| Movie | 1960 | No Kidding | District Nurse | |
| Movie | 1952 | Crow Hollow | Aunt Judith Armour | |
| Movie | 1946 | The Years Between | Effie | |
| Movie | 1963 | Nurse on Wheels | Mrs. Jones | |
| Movie | 1958 | Further Up the Creek | Maudie Lovelace | |
| Movie | 1939 | Trouble Brewing | Maid | |
| Movie | 1947 | Jassy | Lindy Wicks | |
| Movie | 1948 | Here Come the Huggetts | Youth Leader | |
| Movie | 1949 | The Huggetts Abroad | Brown Owl | |
| Movie | 1961 | What a Carve Up! | Aunt Emily | |
| Movie | 1947 | Holiday Camp | Elsie Dawson | |
| Movie | 1955 | Out of the Clouds | Rich Woman's Companion | |
| Movie | 1962 | On the Beat | Mrs. Stammers | |
| Movie | 1939 | The Nursemaid Who Disappeared | ||
| Movie | 1959 | I'm All Right Jack | Spencer | |
| Movie | 1939 | Poison Pen | Mrs Warren | |
| Movie | 1939 | The Spy in Black | Maggie | |
| Movie | 1938 | I See Ice | Bride | |
| Movie | 1938 | It's in the Air | Sir Philip's Maid | |
| Movie | 1960 | Inn for Trouble | Dolly | |
| Movie | 1940 | Contraband | Erik Skold's Niece | |
| Movie | 1936 | The Man Behind the Mask | Waitress | |
| Movie | 1960 | Carry On Constable | Deaf Old Lady | |
| Movie | 1960 | Doctor in Love | Rafia Woman | |
| Movie | 1950 | Last Holiday | Miss Fox | |
| Movie | 1939 | I Met a Murderer | A Hiker | |
| Movie | 1942 | Asking for Trouble | Ada | |
| Movie | 1941 | Quiet Wedding | (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1962 | In the Doghouse | Mrs. Raikes | |
| Movie | 1956 | Sailor Beware | Edie Hornett | |
| Movie | 1959 | Jack the Ripper | Nelly | |
| Movie | 1950 | Double Confession | Madam Cleo | |
| Movie | 1949 | Vote for Huggett | (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1959 | Expresso Bongo | Nightclub Cleaner | |
| Movie | 1950 | Guilt Is My Shadow | Peggy | |
| Movie | 1963 | We Joined the Navy | Consul's Wife | |
| Movie | 1942 | We Serve | ||
| Movie | 1956 | Three Men in a Boat | Meek Woman (Maze) | |
| Movie | 1953 | The Large Rope | Screaming Woman | |
| Movie | 1953 | Noose for a Lady | Miss Ginch | |
| Movie | 1944 | A Canterbury Tale | Agnes | |
| Movie | 1955 | Simon and Laura | Laura from Newcastle | |
| Movie | 1949 | Helter Skelter | Autograph Huntress | |
| Movie | 1962 | The Fast Lady | Lady on Zebra Crossing | |
| Movie | 1944 | English Without Tears | Queenie | |
| Movie | 1949 | Marry Me | Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1953 | The Steel Key | Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room | |
| Movie | 1944 | Fanny by Gaslight | Maid (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1956 | A Touch of the Sun | Miss Tickle | |
| Movie | 1960 | The Flesh and the Fiends | Aggie | |
| Movie | 1942 | The Young Mr. Pitt | Servant at Lord Auckland's | |
| Movie | 1961 | Over the Odds | Alice | |
| TV Show | 1961 | The Rag Trade | 58 | |
| TV Show | 1960 | Maigret | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1961 | Stryker of the Yard | 1 |
No crew credits available.
