caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date spouse yearsactive birthname image article_title name occupation
in -rrb- '' the spy in black '' -lrb- 1939 18 october 1972 camden , london , england , uk randwick , new south wales , australia 27 december 1905 ernst child littman -lrb- 1945-1972 , 27 years -rrb- 1 1937 -- 1964 esma ellen charlotte cannon esma_cannon . jpg esma cannon
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esma cannon

esma ellen charlotte littman -lrb- nee cannon -rrb- -lrb- 27 december 1905 -- 18 october 1972 -rrb- , credited as esme or esma cannon , was a diminutive -lrb- -rrb- australian-born character actress and comedienne , who moved to britain in the early 1930s .
although better known in her latter years for her television roles , she was best known as a film actress , with a lengthy career in early british productions , from the 1930s to the 1950s .
