Daphne Oxenford
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.
Movie Appearances
Sweet William
as Mrs. Walton
1980
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
Girl from the South
as Grandmother
1988
Doctor Who: Dragonfire
as Archivist
1987
That'll Be The Day
as Mrs Sutcliffe
1973
Prince William
as Queen Mother
2002
Jingle Bells
as Mrs. Johnson
1973
All Creatures Great and Small
as Mrs. Pumphrey
1975
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models
as Narrator (voice)
1998
Fothergill
as Invalid Lady
1981
Beloved
as Ellen
1976
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
as Lady In Garden (uncredited)
1969
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
as Girl Hedgehog (voice)
1989
More Children's Summer Stories
as Fieldmice (voice)
1989
TV Appearances
To the Manor Born
as Mrs. Polouvicka
1979
Doctor Who
as Archivist
1963
The Sweeney
as Mrs. Rosier
1975
Shadows of Fear
as Mrs. Tindall
1970
Fresh Fields
as Miss Denham
1984
How to be a Little Sod
1995
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Mrs. Willoughby
1996
Crown Court
as Gladys Kiteley
1972
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Mayoress
1996
Casualty
as Mrs. Johnson
1986
The Royal
as Mrs. Silverwood
2003
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
as Customer
1994