
Daphne Oxenford
Acting
Born 1919-10-31 · Barnet, London, England, UK · Died 2012-12-21
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.
Acting

Legends
Self

The Royal
Mrs. Silverwood

Prince William
Queen Mother
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models
Narrator (voice)

Midsomer Murders
Muriel

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Mrs. Willoughby

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Mayoress

How to be a Little Sod

(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
Customer

Heartbeat
Enid Bakewell

The House of Eliott
Mrs Dodds

In Suspicious Circumstances
Jane Neck

Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
Self (segment "Smalltown Boy")
More Children's Summer Stories
Fieldmice (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
Girl Hedgehog (voice)

Girl from the South
Grandmother

The Reluctant Dragon
Mother (voice)

Doctor Who: Dragonfire
Archivist

Casualty
Mrs. Johnson

EastEnders
Alice Dutton

Fresh Fields
Miss Denham

That's My Boy
TV Voice (voice)

Never the Twain
Mrs Scott

Fothergill
Invalid Lady

Sweet William
Mrs. Walton

To the Manor Born
Mrs. Polouvicka

To the Manor Born
Mrs. Patterson
The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
Miss Garton

Beloved
Ellen

The Duchess of Duke Street
Miss Dean