Esma Cannon
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Esma Cannon was a British-based Australian character actress known for her comic roles in film and television during the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Esma Cannon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5417397 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Esma Cannon Context triple: [The Rag Trade, stars, Esma Cannon]
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A.
Lucinda Edmonds
Lucinda Edmonds is the birth name of Lucinda Riley, a bestselling Irish author known for her historical and family saga novels, including the "Seven Sisters" series.
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B.
Sarah Barcant
Sarah Barcant is the determined lawyer protagonist in Gillian Slovo’s novel "Red Dust," who returns to her South African hometown to confront buried truths from the apartheid era.
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C.
Elissa Knight
Elissa Knight is an American voice actress best known for voicing the character EVE in Pixar's animated film "WALL-E."
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D.
Leila Mimmack
Leila Mimmack is a British actress known for her work in television dramas and miniseries, including a role in the 2013 TV adaptation "The Bible."
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E.
Leona Samish
Leona Samish is the central character in Arthur Laurents and Richard Rodgers’ musical "Do I Hear a Waltz?", typically portrayed as a lonely American tourist in Venice searching for love and self-discovery.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Esma Cannon Target entity description: Esma Cannon was a British-based Australian character actress known for her comic roles in film and television during the mid-20th century.
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A.
Lucinda Edmonds
Lucinda Edmonds is the birth name of Lucinda Riley, a bestselling Irish author known for her historical and family saga novels, including the "Seven Sisters" series.
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B.
Sarah Barcant
Sarah Barcant is the determined lawyer protagonist in Gillian Slovo’s novel "Red Dust," who returns to her South African hometown to confront buried truths from the apartheid era.
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C.
Elissa Knight
Elissa Knight is an American voice actress best known for voicing the character EVE in Pixar's animated film "WALL-E."
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D.
Leila Mimmack
Leila Mimmack is a British actress known for her work in television dramas and miniseries, including a role in the 2013 TV adaptation "The Bible."
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E.
Leona Samish
Leona Samish is the central character in Arthur Laurents and Richard Rodgers’ musical "Do I Hear a Waltz?", typically portrayed as a lonely American tourist in Venice searching for love and self-discovery.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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person ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1960s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1920s ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Australia
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Australian ⓘ |
| familyName | Cannon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film acting
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performing arts ⓘ stage acting ⓘ television acting ⓘ |
| genre |
British cinema
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comedy film ⓘ television comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Esma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Esma Cannon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comic roles
ⓘ
supporting roles ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Carry On Cabby
NERFINISHED
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Carry On Constable NERFINISHED ⓘ Carry On Cruising NERFINISHED ⓘ Carry On Spying NERFINISHED ⓘ Emergency – Ward 10 NERFINISHED ⓘ Here Come the Huggetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Holiday Camp NERFINISHED ⓘ Inn for Trouble NERFINISHED ⓘ Sailor Beware! NERFINISHED ⓘ The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Day the Earth Caught Fire NERFINISHED ⓘ The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ The Embezzler NERFINISHED ⓘ The Feminine Touch NERFINISHED ⓘ The Huggetts Abroad NERFINISHED ⓘ The Invisible Man (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Night We Got the Bird NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ugly Duckling NERFINISHED ⓘ Vote for Huggett NERFINISHED ⓘ What a Whopper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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character actor ⓘ comedian ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
United Kingdom ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Esma Cannon Description of subject: Esma Cannon was a British-based Australian character actress known for her comic roles in film and television during the mid-20th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.