Acting

Esma Cannon

Born 27 December 1905 · Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Died 18 October 1972 at 66

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.