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Esma Cannon (December 3 1892–October 18 1972) was an Australian actress.

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.

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Her film debut was The Last Adventurers (1937), and she appeared in 64 films over the next 26 years. She had small parts in three early Powell and Pressburger films: The Spy in Black
(1939), Contraband
(1940) and A Canterbury Tale
(1944).

She is remembered for her roles in the Carry On films
: Carry On Constable
(1960), Carry On Regardless
(1961), Carry On Cruising
(1962) and Carry On Cabby
(1963).

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