Esma Cannon
Biography
Legendary Australian character actress of the British screen, Miss Cannon was without doubt one of the best scene stealing actresses. Her pixie like looks and extraordinary facial expressions made her a true favourite of many a British movie. Without her appearances in many a 'Carry On..' film in the 1960s, her career would have probably been forgotten today. Arguably her most famous performance was as the lonely but happy spinster in Carry on Cruising (1962). The bar scene with Dilys Laye where both their characters get hideously drunk, is as legendary as the movie itself. Her last movie was Carry on Cabby (1963) and she sadly died in 1972.
66years old at death
- Born Randwick
- Died Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Esma Ellen Charlotte Cannon (birth name)Also credited as Esma Ellen Charlotte Littman, Esme Cannon and Esma Ellen Charlotte Littmann
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 38 years1939 to 1977
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First role
Cannon first appeared on stage at four years old in Madama Butterfly, following early experience at Minnie Everett's School of Dancing in Sydney.
Esma Cannon movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Gerald Thomas directed six of these films, Michael Powell two and Ralph Thomas two. Two actors appear in six of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Gerald ThomasDirector, 6 films, 1960 to 1977
All films by Gerald Thomas
All films by Michael Powell
Ralph ThomasDirector, 2 films, 1961 to 1962
All films by Ralph Thomas
Also three films together8 more actors
- Dennis PriceWhat a Carve Up! (1961), A Touch of the Sun (1956) and A Canterbury Tale (1944)
- Joan HicksonNurse on Wheels (1963), Carry On Regardless (1961) and Carry on Constable (1960)
- Jim DaleThat's Carry On! (1977), Carry on Cabby (1963) and Nurse on Wheels (1963)
- George WoodbridgeNurse on Wheels (1963), What a Carve Up! (1961) and The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
- Hattie JacquesCarry on Cabby (1963), Carry On Regardless (1961) and Carry on Constable (1960)
- Liz FraserCarry on Cabby (1963), Carry On Cruising (1962) and Carry On Regardless (1961)
- Renee HoustonCarry on Cabby (1963), Nurse on Wheels (1963) and The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
- Eric BarkerThat's Carry On! (1977), The Fast Lady (1962) and Carry on Constable (1960)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
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