
Daphne Oxenford
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Acting Credits
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
2006
as Self

The Royal
2003
as Mrs. Silverwood

Prince William
2002
as Queen Mother
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models
1998
as Narrator (voice)

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Muriel

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
as Mrs. Willoughby

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
as Mayoress

How to be a Little Sod
1995

(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
1994
as Customer

Heartbeat
1992
as Enid Bakewell

The House of Eliott
1991
as Mrs Dodds

In Suspicious Circumstances
1991
as Jane Neck

Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
1990
as Self (segment "Smalltown Boy")

Drop the Dead Donkey
1990
as 'Old Lady'
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
1989
as Girl Hedgehog (voice)
More Children's Summer Stories
1989
as Fieldmice (voice)

Girl from the South
1988
as Grandmother

The Reluctant Dragon
1987
as Mother (voice)

Doctor Who: Dragonfire
1987
as Archivist

Casualty
1986
as Mrs. Johnson

The Children of Green Knowe
1986
as Mrs. Oldknow

EastEnders
1985
as Alice Dutton

Fresh Fields
1984
as Miss Denham

Fothergill
1981
as Invalid Lady

Never the Twain
1981
as Mrs Scott

That's My Boy
1981
as TV Voice (voice)

Sweet William
1980
as Mrs. Walton
The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
1979
as Miss Garton

To the Manor Born
1979
as Mrs Patterson

Beloved
1976
as Ellen

Victorian Scandals
1976
as Ellen

The Duchess of Duke Street
1976
as Miss Dean

Yanks Go Home
1976
as Mrs Chambers

Dawson's Electric Cinema
1975

All Creatures Great and Small
1975
as Mrs. Pumphrey

The Sweeney
1975
as Mrs. Rosier

Rising Damp
1974
as Announcer

The Carnforth Practice
1974
as Marion Douglas

That'll Be The Day
1973
as Mrs Sutcliffe

Jingle Bells
1973
as Mrs. Johnson

Man About the House
1973
as Mrs Plummer

Crown Court
1972
as Gladys Kiteley

Shadows of Fear
1970
as Mrs. Tindall

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
1969
as Lady In Garden (uncredited)
Plays of Today
1969
as The Mother
Who Pays?
1968
as Sheila Bannister
The Waiting Game
1967
as Miss Bannister

Doctor Who
1963
as Archivist

The Odd Man
1960
as Woman (voice)