Daphne Oxenford
Acting
Born: 1919-10-31 in 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
Doctor Who
Archivist
Midsomer Murders
Muriel
EastEnders
Alice Dutton
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Lady In Garden (uncredited)
Casualty
Mrs. Johnson
Heartbeat
Enid Bakewell
Rising Damp
Announcer
To the Manor Born
Mrs Patterson
Drop the Dead Donkey
'Old Lady'
The Sweeney
Mrs. Rosier
All Creatures Great and Small
Mrs. Pumphrey
That'll Be The Day
Mrs Sutcliffe
Man About the House
Mrs Plummer
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Mrs. Willoughby
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Mayoress
The House of Eliott
Mrs Dodds
The Duchess of Duke Street
Miss Dean
Fresh Fields
Miss Denham
Never the Twain
Mrs Scott
The Royal
Mrs. Silverwood
That's My Boy
TV Voice (voice)
Doctor Who: Dragonfire
Archivist
Crown Court
Gladys Kiteley
Sweet William
Mrs. Walton
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
Customer
The Children of Green Knowe
Mrs. Oldknow
Girl from the South
Grandmother
Shadows of Fear
Mrs. Tindall
Yanks Go Home
Mrs Chambers
The Reluctant Dragon
Mother (voice)
In Suspicious Circumstances
Jane Neck
Dawson's Electric Cinema
Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
Self (segment "Smalltown Boy")
Prince William
Queen Mother
How to be a Little Sod
Legends
Self
The Odd Man
Woman (voice)
The Carnforth Practice
Marion Douglas
Victorian Scandals
Ellen