Actor profile

Daphne Oxenford

31st October 1919 Barnet, London, England, UK 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.

13 Movies 28 TV Shows 48 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Prince William poster

Prince William 29th September 2002 as Queen Mother

Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards) poster

Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards) 24th November 1990 as Self (segment "Smalltown Boy")

Girl from the South poster

Girl from the South 2nd January 1988 as Grandmother

The Reluctant Dragon poster

The Reluctant Dragon 31st December 1987 as Mother (voice)

Doctor Who: Dragonfire poster

Doctor Who: Dragonfire 7th December 1987 as Archivist

Fothergill poster

Fothergill 8th January 1981 as Invalid Lady

Sweet William poster

Sweet William 11th April 1980 as Mrs. Walton

Beloved poster

Beloved 15th October 1976 as Ellen

All Creatures Great and Small poster

All Creatures Great and Small 27th July 1975 as Mrs. Pumphrey

Dawson's Electric Cinema poster

Dawson's Electric Cinema 3rd April 1975

Jingle Bells poster

Jingle Bells 13th December 1973 as Mrs. Johnson

That'll Be The Day poster

That'll Be The Day 13th May 1973 as Mrs Sutcliffe

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed poster

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed 22nd May 1969 as Lady In Garden (uncredited)

Legends poster

Legends 17th November 2006 as Self

The Royal poster

The Royal 19th January 2003 as Mrs. Silverwood

Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders 23rd March 1997 as Muriel

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates poster

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates 3rd January 1996 as Mrs. Willoughby

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates poster

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates 3rd January 1996 as Mayoress

How to be a Little Sod poster

How to be a Little Sod 19th September 1995

(All Quiet on the) Preston Front poster

(All Quiet on the) Preston Front 4th January 1994 as Customer

Heartbeat poster

Heartbeat 10th April 1992 as Enid Bakewell

The House of Eliott poster

The House of Eliott 31st August 1991 as Mrs Dodds

In Suspicious Circumstances poster

In Suspicious Circumstances 3rd June 1991 as Jane Neck

Drop the Dead Donkey poster

Drop the Dead Donkey 9th August 1990 as 'Old Lady'

Casualty poster

Casualty 6th September 1986 as Mrs. Johnson

EastEnders poster

EastEnders 19th February 1985 as Alice Dutton

Fresh Fields poster

Fresh Fields 7th March 1984 as Miss Denham

That's My Boy poster

That's My Boy 23rd October 1981 as TV Voice (voice)

Never the Twain poster

Never the Twain 7th September 1981 as Mrs Scott

To the Manor Born poster

To the Manor Born 30th September 1979 as Mrs Patterson

Yanks Go Home poster

Yanks Go Home 22nd November 1976 as Mrs Chambers

The Duchess of Duke Street poster

The Duchess of Duke Street 4th September 1976 as Miss Dean

Victorian Scandals poster

Victorian Scandals 3rd September 1976 as Ellen

The Sweeney poster

The Sweeney 2nd January 1975 as Mrs. Rosier

Rising Damp poster

Rising Damp 2nd September 1974 as Announcer

The Carnforth Practice poster

The Carnforth Practice 21st April 1974 as Marion Douglas

Man About the House poster

Man About the House 15th August 1973 as Mrs Plummer

Crown Court poster

Crown Court 18th October 1972 as Gladys Kiteley

Shadows of Fear poster

Shadows of Fear 17th June 1970 as Mrs. Tindall

Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who 23rd November 1963 as Archivist

The Odd Man poster

The Odd Man 19th October 1960 as Woman (voice)