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

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

1969

as Lady In Garden (uncredited)

Sweet William

Sweet William

1980

as Mrs. Walton

Beloved

Beloved

1976

as Ellen

Doctor Who: Dragonfire

Doctor Who: Dragonfire

1987

as Archivist

All Creatures Great and Small

All Creatures Great and Small

1975

as Mrs. Pumphrey

Prince William

Prince William

2002

as Queen Mother

Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2

1989

as Girl Hedgehog (voice)

That'll Be The Day

That'll Be The Day

1973

as Mrs Sutcliffe

The Waiting Game

1967

as Miss Bannister

The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?

1979

as Miss Garton

Girl from the South

Girl from the South

1988

as Grandmother

More Children's Summer Stories

1989

as Fieldmice (voice)

The Reluctant Dragon

The Reluctant Dragon

1987

as Mother (voice)

Fothergill

Fothergill

1981

as Invalid Lady

Who Pays?

1968

as Sheila Bannister

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")

Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models

1998

as Narrator (voice)

Jingle Bells

Jingle Bells

1973

as Mrs. Johnson

Dawson's Electric Cinema

Dawson's Electric Cinema

1975