Esma Cannon
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: December 27, 1905
Place of Birth: Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Known For
I See Ice
George Bright is a props man in an ice ballet company, and a keen amateur photographer who accidentally snaps crooks at work. Comic complications ensue....
What's a Carry On?
Documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 'Carry On' comedy film series. Archive clips and out-takes are mixed with interviews with the cast.
On the Beat
Norman Pitkin wants to be a policeman like his father was, but he fails the height test (amongst others). One day he gets out his father's old uniform and "walks the beat". This leads to a level of chaos that only Pitkin could cause
Maigret
BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran from 1960-63 on British television.
Last Holiday
George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live. On his doctor's advice, he goes to an exclusive seaside resort to spend his savings on one last holiday.
Contraband
During early World War II, a Danish sea captain, delayed in a British port, tangles with German spies.
Sailor Beware
Battle-axe Emma Hornett dominates her hen-pecked husband Henry, his meek sister Edie and daughter Shirley. Shirley is to marry young sailor Albert,raised in an orphanage,and he and best man Carnoustie stay with the Hornetts on the eve of the wedding.
What a Carve Up!
Ernie's Uncle Gabriel has just died but to claim his inheritance he must spend the night in the ancestral family home with the rest of his rather eccentric relatives. Ernie's imagination has been affected by his constant immersion in cheap horror novels, but his wildest fears turn out to be justified when the guests begin to drop dead.
A Canterbury Tale
Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.
Trouble Brewing
Ealing comedy starring music hall star George Formby. An eager newspaper reporter (Formby) goes undercover to expose a gang of counterfeiters. Posing as a wrestler and waiter in his investigative efforts, George proves a greater menace to public order than the criminals he is chasing.
Filmography
as Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)
as Tea Lady
as Flo Sims
as Consul's Wife
as Mrs. Jones
as Lady on Zebra Crossing
as Mrs. Timms
as Mrs. Raikes
as Bridget Madderley
as Alice
as Aunt Emily
as Mrs. Deevens
as Miss Cooling
as District Nurse
as Rafia Woman (uncredited)
as Deaf Old Lady
as Aggie
as Dolly
as Nightclub Cleaner
as Spencer
as Nelly
as Maudie Lovelace
as Meek Woman (Maze)
as Miss Tickle
as Edie Hornett
as Laura from Newcastle
as Rich Woman's Companion
as Scrubwoman with ladder
as Café Customer (uncredited)
as Screaming Woman
as Patient in Doctor's Waiting Room
as Miss Ginch
as Aunt Judith Armour
as Miss Fox
as Madam Cleo
as Peggy
as Autograph Huntress (uncredited)
as Pleasant Little Woman (uncredited)
as Brown Owl
as (uncredited)
as Youth Leader
as Lindy Wicks
as Elsie Dawson
as Effie
as Agnes
as Queenie
as Mrs. Ted Brewer
as Maid (uncredited)
as Servant at Lord Auckland's
as (uncredited)
as Erik Skold's Niece
as Maggie
as Mrs Warren
as A Hiker
as Maid
as Sir Philip's Maid
as Bride
as Waitress