
Daphne Oxenford
Acting
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.
TV Shows(25)

Legends
Self
2006

The Royal
Mrs. Silverwood
2003

Midsomer Murders
Muriel
1997

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Mrs. Willoughby
1996

How to be a Little Sod
1995

(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
Customer
1994

Heartbeat
Enid Bakewell
1992

The House of Eliott
Mrs Dodds
1991

In Suspicious Circumstances
Jane Neck
1991

Casualty
Mrs. Johnson
1986

EastEnders
Alice Dutton
1985
Fresh Fields
Miss Denham
1984

That's My Boy
TV Voice (voice)
1981

Never the Twain
Mrs Scott
1981

To the Manor Born
Mrs. Polouvicka
1979

The Duchess of Duke Street
Miss Dean
1976

Victorian Scandals
Ellen
1976

The Sweeney
Mrs. Rosier
1975

Rising Damp
Announcer
1974

The Carnforth Practice
Marion Douglas
1974

Man About the House
Mrs Plummer
1973

Crown Court
Gladys Kiteley
1972

Shadows of Fear
Mrs. Tindall
1970

Doctor Who
Archivist
1963

The Odd Man
Woman (voice)
1960
Movies(19)

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

Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
Self (segment "Smalltown Boy")
1990
More Children's Summer Stories
Fieldmice (voice)
1989
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
Girl Hedgehog (voice)
1989

Girl from the South
Grandmother
1988

The Reluctant Dragon
Mother (voice)
1987

Doctor Who: Dragonfire
Archivist
1987

Fothergill
Invalid Lady
1981

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

Beloved
Ellen
1976

All Creatures Great and Small
Mrs. Pumphrey
1975

Dawson's Electric Cinema
1975

Jingle Bells
Mrs. Johnson
1973

That'll Be The Day
Mrs Sutcliffe
1973

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