Daphne Oxenford
Known for Acting
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
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
1969
as Lady In Garden (uncredited)
That'll Be The Day
1973
as Mrs Sutcliffe
All Creatures Great and Small
1975
as Mrs. Pumphrey
Sweet William
1980
as Mrs. Walton
Fothergill
1981
as Invalid Lady
The Waiting Game
1967
as Miss Bannister
Prince William
2002
as Queen Mother
Who Pays?
1968
as Sheila Bannister
Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
1990
as Self (segment "Smalltown Boy")
Doctor Who: Dragonfire
1987
as Archivist
Beloved
1976
as Ellen
Dawson's Electric Cinema
1975
The Reluctant Dragon
1987
as Mother (voice)
The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
1979
as Miss Garton
Girl from the South
1988
as Grandmother
Jingle Bells
1973
as Mrs. Johnson
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
1989
as Girl Hedgehog (voice)
The Wind in the Willows
1984
as Girl Rabbit (voice)
More Children's Summer Stories
1989
as Fieldmice (voice)
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models
1998
as Narrator (voice)