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Birthday: Oct 31, 1919
Place of Birth: Barnet, London, England, UK

Daphne Oxenford

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
Movie Cast Year
Sweet William Mrs. Walton 1980
The Reluctant Dragon Mother (voice) 1987
Dawson's Electric Cinema 1975
Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards) Self (segment "Smalltown Boy") 1990
The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False? Miss Garton 1979
Who Pays? Sheila Bannister 1968
The Waiting Game Miss Bannister 1967
Girl from the South Grandmother 1988
Doctor Who: Dragonfire Archivist 1987
That'll Be The Day Mrs Sutcliffe 1973
Prince William Queen Mother 2002
Jingle Bells Mrs. Johnson 1973
All Creatures Great and Small Mrs. Pumphrey 1975
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models Narrator (voice) 1998
Fothergill Invalid Lady 1981
Beloved Ellen 1976
Series Cast Year
To the Manor Born Mrs. Polouvicka 1979
Doctor Who Archivist 1963
The Sweeney Mrs. Rosier 1975
Shadows of Fear Mrs. Tindall 1970
Fresh Fields Miss Denham 1984
The Wind in the Willows 1984
How to be a Little Sod 1995
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Mrs. Willoughby 1996
Crown Court Gladys Kiteley 1972
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Mayoress 1996
Casualty Mrs. Johnson 1986
The Royal Mrs. Silverwood 2003
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front Customer 1994
Heartbeat Enid Bakewell 1992
Legends Self 2006
Rising Damp Announcer 1974
The House of Eliott Mrs Dodds 1991
Midsomer Murders Muriel 1997
EastEnders Alice Dutton 1985
To the Manor Born Mrs. Patterson 1979
Victorian Scandals Ellen 1976
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