Daphne Oxenford
Birthday
1919/10/31
Day of death
2012/12/21 (93 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Barnet, London, England, UK
Also know as
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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.
Acting
(1980) Sweet William
as Mrs. Walton
(1987) The Reluctant Dragon
as Mother (voice)
(1975) Dawson's Electric Cinema
as ---
(1990) Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
as Self (segment "Smalltown Boy")
(1979) The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
as Miss Garton
(1968) Who Pays?
as Sheila Bannister
(1967) The Waiting Game
as Miss Bannister
(1988) Girl from the South
as Grandmother
(1987) Doctor Who: Dragonfire
as Archivist
(1973) That'll Be The Day
as Mrs Sutcliffe
(2002) Prince William
as Queen Mother
(1973) Jingle Bells
as Mrs. Johnson
(1975) All Creatures Great and Small
as Mrs. Pumphrey
(1998) Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models
as Narrator (voice)
(1981) Fothergill
as Invalid Lady
(1976) Beloved
as Ellen
(1969) Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
as Lady In Garden (uncredited)
(1979) To the Manor Born
as Mrs. Polouvicka
(1963) Doctor Who
as Archivist
(1975) The Sweeney
as Mrs. Rosier
(1970) Shadows of Fear
as Mrs. Tindall
(1984) Fresh Fields
as Miss Denham
(1984) The Wind in the Willows
as ---
(1995) How to be a Little Sod
as ---
(1996) Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Mrs. Willoughby
(1972) Crown Court
as Gladys Kiteley
(1996) Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Mayoress
(1986) Casualty
as Mrs. Johnson
(2003) The Royal
as Mrs. Silverwood
(1994) (All Quiet on the) Preston Front
as Customer
(1992) Heartbeat
as Enid Bakewell
(2006) Legends
as Self
(1974) Rising Damp
as Announcer
(1991) The House of Eliott
as Mrs Dodds
(1997) Midsomer Murders
as Muriel
(1985) EastEnders
as Alice Dutton
(1979) To the Manor Born
as Mrs. Patterson
(1976) Victorian Scandals
as Ellen