Daphne Oxenford

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

Midsomer Murders

Casualty

Doctor Who

EastEnders

Heartbeat

Crown Court

The Sweeney

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

All Movies (19)

• Prince William2002 · as Queen Mother
• Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models1998 · as Narrator (voice)
• Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)1990 · as Self (segment "Smalltown Boy")
• More Children's Summer Stories1989 · as Fieldmice (voice)
• Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 21989 · as Girl Hedgehog (voice)
• Girl from the South1988 · as Grandmother
• The Reluctant Dragon1987 · as Mother (voice)
• Doctor Who: Dragonfire1987 · as Archivist
• Fothergill1981 · as Invalid Lady
• Sweet William1980 · as Mrs. Walton
• The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?1979 · as Miss Garton
• Beloved1976 · as Ellen
• All Creatures Great and Small1975 · as Mrs. Pumphrey
• Dawson's Electric Cinema1975
• Jingle Bells1973 · as Mrs. Johnson
• That'll Be The Day1973 · as Mrs Sutcliffe
• Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed1969 · as Lady In Garden (uncredited)
• Who Pays?1968 · as Sheila Bannister
• The Waiting Game1967 · as Miss Bannister

All TV Shows (28)

• Legends2006 · as Self
• The Royal2003 · as Mrs. Silverwood
• Midsomer Murders1997 · as Muriel
• Hetty Wainthropp Investigates1996 · as Mrs. Willoughby
• Hetty Wainthropp Investigates1996 · as Mayoress
• How to be a Little Sod1995
• (All Quiet on the) Preston Front1994 · as Customer
• Heartbeat1992 · as Enid Bakewell
• The House of Eliott1991 · as Mrs Dodds
• In Suspicious Circumstances1991 · as Jane Neck
• Casualty1986 · as Mrs. Johnson
• EastEnders1985 · as Alice Dutton
• Fresh Fields1984 · as Miss Denham
• That's My Boy1981 · as TV Voice (voice)
• Never the Twain1981 · as Mrs Scott
• To the Manor Born1979 · as Mrs. Polouvicka
• To the Manor Born1979 · as Mrs. Patterson
• The Duchess of Duke Street1976 · as Miss Dean
• Victorian Scandals1976 · as Ellen
• The Sweeney1975 · as Mrs. Rosier
• Rising Damp1974 · as Announcer
• The Carnforth Practice1974 · as Marion Douglas
• Man About the House1973 · as Mrs Plummer
• Crown Court1972 · as Gladys Kiteley
• Shadows of Fear1970 · as Mrs. Tindall
• Plays of Today1969 · as The Mother
• Doctor Who1963 · as Archivist
• The Odd Man1960 · as Woman (voice)