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.
Personal Details
Movies (20)
Prince William
as Queen Mother
2002
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models
as Narrator (voice)
1998
Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
as Self (segment "Smalltown Boy")
1990
More Children's Summer Stories
as Fieldmice (voice)
1989
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
as Girl Hedgehog (voice)
1989
Girl from the South
as Grandmother
1988
The Reluctant Dragon
as Mother (voice)
1987
Doctor Who: Dragonfire
as Archivist
1987
The Wind in the Willows
as Girl Rabbit (voice)
1984
Fothergill
as Invalid Lady
1981
Sweet William
as Mrs. Walton
1980
The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
as Miss Garton
1979
Beloved
as Ellen
1976
All Creatures Great and Small
as Mrs. Pumphrey
1975
Dawson's Electric Cinema
1975
Jingle Bells
as Mrs. Johnson
1973
That'll Be The Day
as Mrs Sutcliffe
1973
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
as Lady In Garden (uncredited)
1969
Who Pays?
as Sheila Bannister
1968
The Waiting Game
as Miss Bannister
1967
TV Shows (23)
Legends
as Self
2006
The Royal
as Mrs. Silverwood
2003
Midsomer Murders
as Muriel
1997
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Mrs. Willoughby
1996
How to be a Little Sod
1995
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
as Customer
1994
Heartbeat
as Enid Bakewell
1992
The House of Eliott
as Mrs Dodds
1991
Casualty
as Mrs. Johnson
1986
EastEnders
as Alice Dutton
1985
Fresh Fields
as Miss Denham
1984
That's My Boy
as TV Voice (voice)
1981
Never the Twain
as Mrs Scott
1981
To the Manor Born
as Mrs. Polouvicka
1979
Victorian Scandals
as Ellen
1976
The Sweeney
as Mrs. Rosier
1975
Rising Damp
as Announcer
1974
The Carnforth Practice
as Marion Douglas
1974
Man About the House
as Mrs Plummer
1973
Crown Court
as Gladys Kiteley
1972
Shadows of Fear
as Mrs. Tindall
1970
Doctor Who
as Archivist
1963
The Odd Man
as Woman (voice)
1960