Daphne Oxenford
Born: 1919-10-31 in Barnet, London, England, UK
Died: 2012-12-21
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2006
- Legends as Self
2003
- The Royal as Mrs. Silverwood
2002
- Prince William as Queen Mother
1998
- Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models as Narrator (voice)
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Muriel
1996
- Hetty Wainthropp Investigates as Mrs. Willoughby
1994
- (All Quiet on the) Preston Front as Customer
1992
- Heartbeat as Enid Bakewell
1991
- The House of Eliott as Mrs Dodds
- In Suspicious Circumstances as Jane Neck
1990
- Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards) as Self (segment "Smalltown Boy")
1989
- More Children's Summer Stories as Fieldmice (voice)
- Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2 as Girl Hedgehog (voice)
1988
- Girl from the South as Grandmother
1987
- Doctor Who: Dragonfire as Archivist
- The Reluctant Dragon as Mother (voice)
1986
- Casualty as Mrs. Johnson
1985
- EastEnders as Alice Dutton
1984
- Fresh Fields as Miss Denham
1981
- Never the Twain as Mrs Scott
- That's My Boy as TV Voice (voice)
- Fothergill as Invalid Lady
1980
- Sweet William as Mrs. Walton
1979
- To the Manor Born as Mrs. Polouvicka
- The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False? as Miss Garton
1976
- The Duchess of Duke Street as Miss Dean
- Victorian Scandals as Ellen
- Beloved as Ellen
1975
- The Sweeney as Mrs. Rosier
- All Creatures Great and Small as Mrs. Pumphrey
- Dawson's Electric Cinema
1974
- Rising Damp as Announcer
- The Carnforth Practice as Marion Douglas
1973
- Man About the House as Mrs Plummer
- That'll Be The Day as Mrs Sutcliffe
- Jingle Bells as Mrs. Johnson
1972
- Crown Court as Gladys Kiteley
1970
- Shadows of Fear as Mrs. Tindall
1969
- Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed as Lady In Garden (uncredited)
1968
- Who Pays? as Sheila Bannister
1967
- The Waiting Game as Miss Bannister
1963
- Doctor Who as Archivist
1960
- The Odd Man as Woman (voice)