Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 31, 1919
Place of Birth:
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 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.
Year | Movie | Role |
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2002 | Prince William | Queen Mother |
1998 | Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models | Narrator (voice) |
1990 | Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards) | Self (segment "Smalltown Boy") |
1988 | Girl from the South | Grandmother |
1987 | The Reluctant Dragon | Mother (voice) |
1987 | Doctor Who: Dragonfire | Archivist |
1981 | Fothergill | Invalid Lady |
1980 | Sweet William | Mrs. Walton |
1979 | The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False? | Miss Garton |
1976 | Beloved | Ellen |
1975 | Dawson's Electric Cinema | |
1975 | All Creatures Great and Small | Mrs. Pumphrey |
1973 | That'll Be The Day | Mrs Sutcliffe |
1973 | Jingle Bells | Mrs. Johnson |
1969 | Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed | Lady In Garden (uncredited) |
1968 | Who Pays? | Sheila Bannister |
1967 | The Waiting Game | Miss Bannister |
Year | TV Show | Role |
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2006 | Legends | Self |
2003 | The Royal | Mrs. Silverwood |
1997 | Midsomer Murders | Muriel |
1996 | Hetty Wainthropp Investigates | Mrs. Willoughby |
1996 | Hetty Wainthropp Investigates | Mayoress |
1995 | How to be a Little Sod | |
1994 | (All Quiet on the) Preston Front | Customer |
1992 | Heartbeat | Enid Bakewell |
1991 | The House of Eliott | Mrs Dodds |
1986 | Casualty | Mrs. Johnson |
1985 | EastEnders | Alice Dutton |
1984 | Fresh Fields | Miss Denham |
1981 | Never the Twain | Mrs Scott |
1981 | That's My Boy | TV Voice (voice) |
1979 | To the Manor Born | Mrs. Polouvicka |
1979 | To the Manor Born | Mrs. Patterson |
1976 | Victorian Scandals | Ellen |
1975 | The Sweeney | Mrs. Rosier |
1974 | Rising Damp | Announcer |
1972 | Crown Court | Gladys Kiteley |
1970 | Shadows of Fear | Mrs. Tindall |
1963 | Doctor Who | Archivist |