Daphne Oxenford
Actor
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.
Filmography
All Creatures Great and Small
as Mrs. Pumphrey 1975
That'll Be The Day
as Mrs Sutcliffe 1973
Doctor Who: Dragonfire
as Archivist 1987
Sweet William
as Mrs. Walton 1980
Girl from the South
as Grandmother 1988
The Reluctant Dragon
as Mother (voice) 1987
Dawson's Electric Cinema
1975
Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
as Self (segment "Smalltown Boy") 1990
The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
as Miss Garton 1979
Who Pays?
as Sheila Bannister 1968
The Waiting Game
as Miss Bannister 1967
Prince William
as Queen Mother 2002
Jingle Bells
as Mrs. Johnson 1973
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models
as Narrator (voice) 1998
Fothergill
as Invalid Lady 1981
Beloved
as Ellen 1976