Daphne Oxenford
Biography
Daphne Margaret du Grivel Oxenford was an English actress, known for her early stage roles, and later her radio and television work. She was the voice ("Are you sitting comfortably ...?") of BBC radio's Listen with Mother from its inception in 1950 to 1971. As spinster Esther Hayes, she was part of the original cast of Coronation Street.
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Known For
Acting History
2006
Legends as Self
2003The Royal as Mrs. Silverwood
2002Prince William as Queen Mother
1998Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models as Narrator (voice)
1997Midsomer Murders as Muriel
1996Hetty Wainthropp Investigates as Mrs. Willoughby
1996Hetty Wainthropp Investigates as Mayoress
1995How to be a Little Sod
1994(All Quiet on the) Preston Front as Customer
1992Heartbeat as Enid Bakewell
1991The House of Eliott as Mrs Dodds
1990Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards) as Self (segment "Smalltown Boy")
1989More Children's Summer Stories as Fieldmice (voice)
1989Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2 as Girl Hedgehog (voice)
1988Girl from the South as Grandmother
1987The Reluctant Dragon as Mother (voice)
1987Doctor Who: Dragonfire as Archivist
1986Casualty as Mrs. Johnson
1985EastEnders as Alice Dutton
1984The Wind in the Willows as Girl Rabbit (voice)
1984Fresh Fields as Miss Denham
1981That's My Boy as TV Voice (voice)
1981Never the Twain as Mrs Scott
1981Fothergill as Invalid Lady
1980Sweet William as Mrs. Walton
1979To the Manor Born as Mrs. Polouvicka
1979To the Manor Born as Mrs. Patterson
1979The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False? as Miss Garton
1976Beloved as Ellen
1976Victorian Scandals as Ellen
1975All Creatures Great and Small as Mrs. Pumphrey
1975Dawson's Electric Cinema
1975The Sweeney as Mrs. Rosier
1974Rising Damp as Announcer
1973Jingle Bells as Mrs. Johnson
1973Man About the House as Mrs Plummer
1973That'll Be The Day as Mrs Sutcliffe
1972Crown Court as Gladys Kiteley
1970Shadows of Fear as Mrs. Tindall
1969Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed as Lady In Garden (uncredited)
1968Who Pays? as Sheila Bannister
1967The Waiting Game as Miss Bannister
1963Doctor Who as Archivist
1960The Odd Man as Woman (voice)