Daphne Oxenford
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 31, 1919
- Died
- December 21, 2012 (aged 93)
- Birthplace
- Barnet, London, England, UK
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
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Royal
TV · as Mrs. Silverwood · 1 ep
Prince William
Movie · as Queen Mother
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Midsomer Murders
TV · as Muriel · 1 ep
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
TV · as Mrs. Willoughby, Mayoress · 1 ep
How to be a Little Sod
TV · 10 eps
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
TV · as Customer · 1 ep
Heartbeat
TV · as Enid Bakewell · 2 eps
The House of Eliott
TV · as Mrs Dodds · 1 ep
In Suspicious Circumstances
TV · as Jane Neck · 1 ep
Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
Movie · as Self (segment "Smalltown Boy")
Drop the Dead Donkey
TV · as 'Old Lady' · 1 ep
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
Movie · as Girl Hedgehog (voice)
More Children's Summer Stories
Movie · as Fieldmice (voice)
Girl from the South
Movie · as Grandmother
The Reluctant Dragon
Movie · as Mother (voice)
Doctor Who: Dragonfire
Movie · as Archivist
Casualty
TV · as Mrs. Johnson · 1 ep
The Children of Green Knowe
TV · as Mrs Oldknow · 4 eps
EastEnders
TV · as Alice Dutton · 1 ep
Fresh Fields
TV · as Miss Denham · 6 eps
Fothergill
Movie · as Invalid Lady
That's My Boy
TV · as TV Voice (voice) · 1 ep
Never the Twain
TV · as Mrs Scott · 1 ep
Sweet William
Movie · as Mrs. Walton
The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
Movie · as Miss Garton
To the Manor Born
TV · as Mrs Patterson · 6 eps
Beloved
Movie · as Ellen
Victorian Scandals
TV · as Ellen · 1 ep
The Duchess of Duke Street
TV · as Miss Dean · 1 ep
Yanks Go Home
TV · as Mrs Chambers · 2 eps
Dawson's Electric Cinema
Movie
All Creatures Great and Small
Movie · as Mrs. Pumphrey
The Sweeney
TV · as Mrs. Rosier · 1 ep
Rising Damp
TV · as Announcer · 1 ep
The Carnforth Practice
TV · as Marion Douglas · 1 ep
That'll Be The Day
Movie · as Mrs Sutcliffe
Jingle Bells
Movie · as Mrs. Johnson
Man About the House
TV · as Mrs Plummer · 3 eps
Chéri
TV · as Miquette · 1 ep
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
TV · as Nurse Shaw · 1 ep
Crown Court
TV · as Gladys Kiteley · 3 eps
Shadows of Fear
TV · as Mrs. Tindall · 1 ep
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Movie · as Lady In Garden (uncredited)
Plays of Today
TV · as The Mother · 1 ep
Happy Ever After
TV · as Mrs Cottersby · 1 ep
Who Pays?
Movie · as Sheila Bannister
The Waiting Game
Movie · as Miss Bannister
Doctor Who
TV · as Archivist · 1 ep
The Odd Man
TV · as Woman (voice) · 1 ep