Daphne Oxenford

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Daphne Oxenford

Acting October 31, 1919

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 comfortabl…

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Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

7.5 1997 TV Show
Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.9 1963 TV Show
EastEnders

EastEnders

4.2 1985 TV Show
Casualty

Casualty

6.2 1986 TV Show
Crown Court

Crown Court

5.7 1972 TV Show
Heartbeat

Heartbeat

7.2 1992 TV Show
The Sweeney

The Sweeney

8.1 1975 TV Show
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

6.3 1969 Movie
Drop the Dead Donkey

Drop the Dead Donkey

7.0 1990 TV Show
The House of Eliott

The House of Eliott

6.6 1991 TV Show
The Duchess of Duke Street

The Duchess of Duke Street

8.0 1976 TV Show
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

7.3 1996 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2006
    Legends

    TV show Self

  2. 2003
    The Royal

    TV show Mrs. Silverwood

  3. 2002
    Prince William

    Movie Queen Mother

  4. 1998
    Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  5. 1997
    Midsomer Murders

    TV show Muriel

  6. 1996
    Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

    TV show Mrs. Willoughby

  7. 1995
    How to be a Little Sod

    TV show

  8. 1994
    (All Quiet on the) Preston Front

    TV show Customer

  9. 1992
    Heartbeat

    TV show Enid Bakewell

  10. 1991
    The House of Eliott

    TV show Mrs Dodds

  11. 1991
    In Suspicious Circumstances

    TV show Jane Neck

  12. 1990
    Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)

    Movie Self (segment "Smalltown Boy")

  13. 1990
    Drop the Dead Donkey

    TV show 'Old Lady'

  14. 1989
    More Children's Summer Stories

    Movie Fieldmice (voice)

  15. 1989
    Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2

    Movie Girl Hedgehog (voice)

  16. 1988
    Girl from the South

    Movie Grandmother

More credits
  1. 1987
    The Reluctant Dragon

    Movie Mother (voice)

  2. 1987
    Doctor Who: Dragonfire

    Movie Archivist

  3. 1986
    The Children of Green Knowe

    TV show Mrs. Oldknow

  4. 1986
    Casualty

    TV show Mrs. Johnson

  5. 1985
    EastEnders

    TV show Alice Dutton

  6. 1984
    Fresh Fields

    TV show Miss Denham

  7. 1981
    That's My Boy

    TV show TV Voice (voice)

  8. 1981
    Never the Twain

    TV show Mrs Scott

  9. 1981
    Fothergill

    Movie Invalid Lady

  10. 1980
    Sweet William

    Movie Mrs. Walton

  11. 1979
    To the Manor Born

    TV show Mrs Patterson

  12. 1979
    The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?

    Movie Miss Garton

  13. 1976
    Yanks Go Home

    TV show Mrs Chambers

  14. 1976
    Beloved

    Movie Ellen

  15. 1976
    The Duchess of Duke Street

    TV show Miss Dean

  16. 1976
    Victorian Scandals

    TV show Ellen

  17. 1975
    All Creatures Great and Small

    Movie Mrs. Pumphrey

  18. 1975
    Dawson's Electric Cinema

    Movie

  19. 1975
    The Sweeney

    TV show Mrs. Rosier

  20. 1974
    Rising Damp

    TV show Announcer

  21. 1974
    The Carnforth Practice

    TV show Marion Douglas

  22. 1973
    Jingle Bells

    Movie Mrs. Johnson

  23. 1973
    Man About the House

    TV show Mrs Plummer

  24. 1973
    That'll Be The Day

    Movie Mrs Sutcliffe