Daphne Oxenford

Born: 1919-10-31, Barnet, London, England, UK

Died: 2012-12-21

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.

Filmography

• Midsomer Murders (1997)
• EastEnders (1985)
• Casualty (1986)
• Crown Court (1972)
• Heartbeat (1992)
• The House of Eliott (1991)
• The Duchess of Duke Street (1976)
• Drop the Dead Donkey (1990)
• Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996)
• Never the Twain (1981)
• (All Quiet on the) Preston Front (1994)
• In Suspicious Circumstances (1991)
• Man About the House (1973)
• Rising Damp (1974)
• The Odd Man (1960)
• Victorian Scandals (1976)
• The Carnforth Practice (1974)
• Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
• How to be a Little Sod (1995)
• Sweet William (1980)
• That'll Be The Day (1973)
• Doctor Who: Dragonfire (1987)
• Girl from the South (1988)
• Fothergill (1981)
• Prince William (2002)
• Dawson's Electric Cinema (1975)