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