Skip to main content
Back to Collection
Esma Cannon
Person

Esma Cannon

Specialty
Acting
Birth
December 27, 1905 · 66 years
Death
October 18, 1972
Origin
Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Technical Alias

Esme Cannon

Professional Trajectory

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.

Registered Filmography