Daphne Oxenford
ActingDaphne 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.
Movies
Queen Mother
Prince William
2002
Self (segment "Smalltown Boy")
Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
1990
Grandmother
Girl from the South
1988
Mother (voice)
The Reluctant Dragon
1987
Archivist
Doctor Who: Dragonfire
1987
Invalid Lady
Fothergill
1981
Mrs. Walton
Sweet William
1980
Ellen
Beloved
1976
Mrs. Pumphrey
All Creatures Great and Small
1975
Dawson's Electric Cinema
1975
Mrs. Johnson
Jingle Bells
1973
Mrs Sutcliffe
That'll Be The Day
1973
Lady In Garden (uncredited)
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
1969
TV Shows
Self
Legends
2006
Mrs. Silverwood
The Royal
2003
Muriel
Midsomer Murders
1997
Mrs. Willoughby
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
Mayoress
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
How to be a Little Sod
1995
Customer
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
1994
Enid Bakewell
Heartbeat
1992
Mrs Dodds
The House of Eliott
1991
Jane Neck
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991
'Old Lady'
Drop the Dead Donkey
1990
Mrs. Oldknow
The Children of Green Knowe
1986
Mrs. Johnson
Casualty
1986
Alice Dutton
EastEnders
1985
Miss Denham
Fresh Fields
1984
TV Voice (voice)
That's My Boy
1981
Mrs Scott
Never the Twain
1981
Mrs Patterson
To the Manor Born
1979
Mrs Chambers
Yanks Go Home
1976
Miss Dean
The Duchess of Duke Street
1976