Daphne Oxenford

1919-10-31 – 2012-12-21 (age 93) Barnet, London, England, UK

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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.

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Daphne Oxenford

Known For

All Creatures Great and Small

All Creatures Great and Small

1975

as Mrs. Pumphrey

That'll Be The Day

That'll Be The Day

1973

as Mrs Sutcliffe

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

1969

as Lady In Garden (uncredited)

Beloved

Beloved

1976

as Ellen

Sweet William

Sweet William

1980

as Mrs. Walton

Fothergill

Fothergill

1981

as Invalid Lady

Doctor Who: Dragonfire

Doctor Who: Dragonfire

1987

as Archivist

Prince William

Prince William

2002

as Queen Mother

The Waiting Game

1967

as Miss Bannister

Dawson's Electric Cinema

Dawson's Electric Cinema

1975

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

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

1990

as Self (segment "Smalltown Boy")

Girl from the South

Girl from the South

1988

as Grandmother

Jingle Bells

Jingle Bells

1973

as Mrs. Johnson

Who Pays?

1968

as Sheila Bannister

Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models

1998

as Narrator (voice)

The Reluctant Dragon

The Reluctant Dragon

1987

as Mother (voice)

Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2

1989

as Girl Hedgehog (voice)

The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?

1979

as Miss Garton

More Children's Summer Stories

1989

as Fieldmice (voice)