Daphne Oxenford
- Acting
- October 31, 1919 · Barnet, London, England, UK
- December 21, 2012
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Legends · Self
- The Royal · Mrs. Silverwood
- Prince William · Queen Mother
- Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models · Narrator (Voice)
- Midsomer Murders · Muriel
- Hetty Wainthropp Investigates · Mrs. Willoughby, Mayoress
- How to be a Little Sod
- (All Quiet on the) Preston Front · Customer
- Heartbeat · Enid Bakewell
- The House of Eliott · Mrs Dodds
- In Suspicious Circumstances · Jane Neck
- Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards) · Self
- Drop the Dead Donkey · 'Old Lady'
- More Children's Summer Stories · Fieldmice (Voice)
- Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2 · Girl Hedgehog (Voice)
- Girl from the South · Grandmother
- The Reluctant Dragon · Mother (Voice)
- Doctor Who: Dragonfire · Archivist
- The Children of Green Knowe · Mrs Oldknow
- Casualty · Mrs. Johnson
- EastEnders · Alice Dutton
- Fresh Fields · Miss Denham
- That's My Boy · TV Voice (Voice)
- Never the Twain · Mrs Scott
- Fothergill · Invalid Lady
- Sweet William · Mrs. Walton
- To the Manor Born · Mrs Patterson
- The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False? · Miss Garton
- Yanks Go Home · Mrs Chambers
- Beloved · Ellen
- The Duchess of Duke Street · Miss Dean
- Victorian Scandals · Ellen
- All Creatures Great and Small · Mrs. Pumphrey
- Dawson's Electric Cinema
- The Sweeney · Mrs. Rosier
- Rising Damp · Announcer
- The Carnforth Practice · Marion Douglas
- Jingle Bells · Mrs. Johnson
- Man About the House · Mrs Plummer
- That'll Be The Day · Mrs Sutcliffe
- Chéri · Miquette
- Crown Court · Gladys Kiteley
- Shadows of Fear · Mrs. Tindall
- Happy Ever After · Mrs Cottersby
- Plays of Today · The Mother
- Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed · Lady In Garden (uncredited)
- Who Pays? · Sheila Bannister
- The Waiting Game · Miss Bannister
- Doctor Who · Archivist
- The Odd Man · Woman (Voice)