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Acting

Esma Cannon

Career: Active from 1937 to 1963, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 1
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: On the Beat
73/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 34 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Esma Cannon Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.8, average 5.4
Violence
2.5, average 4.1
Psychological
3.9, average 5.5
Fantasy
0.3, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Nostalgic Charm 3
Psychological Thriller 2
British Slapstick Comedy 2
Situational Humor 2
Family-Friendly 2
British Comedy 2
Slapstick 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

64

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

1 title

What's a Carry On?

as Bridget Madderley (archive footage) (uncredited)

1970s

1 title · average score 51

That's Carry On!

51

as Miss Cooling / Bridget Madderley (archive footage)

1960s

20 titles · average score 61

Carry On Cabby

61

as Flo Sims

Nurse on Wheels

59

as Mrs. Jones

We Joined the Navy

57

as Consul's Wife

Carry On Cruising

57

as Bridget Madderley

On the Beat

73

as Mrs. Timms

The Rag Trade

TV show

Carry On Regardless

54

as Miss Cooling

What a Carve Up!

64

as Aunt Emily

No Kidding

58

as District Nurse

Maigret

74

TV show

The Flesh and the Fiends

67

as Aggie

Carry On Constable

58

as Deaf Old Lady

1950s

18 titles · average score 62

I'm All Right Jack

77

as Spencer

Jack the Ripper

61

as Nelly

Sailor Beware

69

as Edie Hornett

Three Men in a Boat

57

as Meek Woman (Maze)

Out of the Clouds

58

as Rich Woman's Companion

The Sleeping Tiger

53

as Scrubwoman with ladder

Noose for a Lady

60

as Miss Ginch

The Large Rope

60

as Screaming Woman

Trouble in Store

65

as Café Customer (uncredited)

Crow Hollow

61

as Aunt Judith Armour

Guilt Is My Shadow

as Peggy

Last Holiday

86

as Miss Fox

1940s

16 titles · average score 66

Helter Skelter

58

as Autograph Huntress (uncredited)

Here Come the Huggetts

65

as Youth Leader

Jassy

49

as Lindy Wicks

Holiday Camp

67

as Elsie Dawson

The Years Between

67

as Effie

A Canterbury Tale

81

as Agnes

The Way Ahead

84

as Mrs. Ted Brewer

Fanny by Gaslight

53

as Maid (uncredited)

English Without Tears

61

as Queenie

Asking for Trouble

as Ada

The Young Mr. Pitt

64

as Servant at Lord Auckland's

Contraband

84

as Erik Skold's Niece

1930s

8 titles · average score 66

I Met a Murderer

57

as A Hiker

Trouble Brewing

66

as Maid

The Spy in Black

83

as Maggie

Poison Pen

66

as Mrs Warren

I See Ice

as Bride

It's in the Air

61

as Sir Philip's Maid

The Five Pound Man

as Lucy

The Man Behind the Mask

as Waitress