- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 31, 1919
- Place of Birth
- Barnet, London, England, UK
- Died
- December 21, 2012
Daphne Oxenford
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.
Filmography
tvLegends
2006 · Self
tvThe Royal
2003 · Mrs. Silverwood
moviePrince William
2002 · Queen Mother
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models
movieGilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models
1998 · Narrator (voice)
tvMidsomer Murders
1997 · Muriel
tvHetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996 · Mrs. Willoughby, Mayoress
tvHow to be a Little Sod
1995
tv(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
1994 · Customer
tvHeartbeat
1992 · Enid Bakewell
tvThe House of Eliott
1991 · Mrs Dodds
tvIn Suspicious Circumstances
1991 · Jane Neck
movieJimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
1990 · Self (segment "Smalltown Boy")
More Children's Summer Stories
movieMore Children's Summer Stories
1989 · Fieldmice (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
movieLollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
1989 · Girl Hedgehog (voice)
movieGirl from the South
1988 · Grandmother
movieThe Reluctant Dragon
1987 · Mother (voice)
movieDoctor Who: Dragonfire
1987 · Archivist
tvCasualty
1986 · Mrs. Johnson
tvEastEnders
1985 · Alice Dutton
tvFresh Fields
1984 · Miss Denham
tvThat's My Boy
1981 · TV Voice (voice)
tvNever the Twain
1981 · Mrs Scott
movieFothergill
1981 · Invalid Lady
movieSweet William
1980 · Mrs. Walton
tvTo the Manor Born
1979 · Mrs. Polouvicka, Mrs. Patterson
The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
movieThe Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
1979 · Miss Garton
movieBeloved
1976 · Ellen
tvThe Duchess of Duke Street
1976 · Miss Dean
tvVictorian Scandals
1976 · Ellen
movieAll Creatures Great and Small
1975 · Mrs. Pumphrey
movieDawson's Electric Cinema
1975
tvThe Sweeney
1975 · Mrs. Rosier
tvRising Damp
1974 · Announcer
tvThe Carnforth Practice
1974 · Marion Douglas
movieJingle Bells
1973 · Mrs. Johnson
tvMan About the House
1973 · Mrs Plummer
movieThat'll Be The Day
1973 · Mrs Sutcliffe
tvCrown Court
1972 · Gladys Kiteley
tvShadows of Fear
1970 · Mrs. Tindall
Plays of Today
tvPlays of Today
1969 · The Mother
movieFrankenstein Must Be Destroyed
1969 · Lady In Garden (uncredited)
Who Pays?
movieWho Pays?
1968 · Sheila Bannister
The Waiting Game
movieThe Waiting Game
1967 · Miss Bannister
tvDoctor Who
1963 · Archivist
tvThe Odd Man
1960 · Woman (voice)