Acting · Barnet, London, England, UK · Born October 31, 1919
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.
TVLegends
2006
as Self
TVThe Royal
2003
as Mrs. Silverwood
MoviePrince William
2002
as Queen Mother
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models
1998
as Narrator (voice)
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Muriel
TVHetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
as Mrs. Willoughby
TVHow to be a Little Sod
1995
TV(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
1994
as Customer
TVHeartbeat
1992
as Enid Bakewell
TVThe House of Eliott
1991
as Mrs Dodds
TVIn Suspicious Circumstances
1991
as Jane Neck
MovieJimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
1990
as Self (segment "Smalltown Boy")
More Children's Summer Stories
1989
as Fieldmice (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
1989
as Girl Hedgehog (voice)
MovieGirl from the South
1988
as Grandmother
MovieThe Reluctant Dragon
1987
as Mother (voice)
MovieDoctor Who: Dragonfire
1987
as Archivist
TVCasualty
1986
as Mrs. Johnson
TVEastEnders
1985
as Alice Dutton
TVFresh Fields
1984
as Miss Denham
TVThat's My Boy
1981
as TV Voice (voice)
TVNever the Twain
1981
as Mrs Scott
MovieFothergill
1981
as Invalid Lady
MovieSweet William
1980
as Mrs. Walton
TVTo the Manor Born
1979
as Mrs. Polouvicka
The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
1979
as Miss Garton
MovieBeloved
1976
as Ellen
TVThe Duchess of Duke Street
1976
as Miss Dean
TVVictorian Scandals
1976
as Ellen
MovieAll Creatures Great and Small
1975
as Mrs. Pumphrey
MovieDawson's Electric Cinema
1975
TVThe Sweeney
1975
as Mrs. Rosier
TVRising Damp
1974
as Announcer
TVThe Carnforth Practice
1974
as Marion Douglas
MovieJingle Bells
1973
as Mrs. Johnson
TVMan About the House
1973
as Mrs Plummer
MovieThat'll Be The Day
1973
as Mrs Sutcliffe
TVCrown Court
1972
as Gladys Kiteley
TVShadows of Fear
1970
as Mrs. Tindall
Plays of Today
1969
as The Mother
MovieFrankenstein Must Be Destroyed
1969
as Lady In Garden (uncredited)
Who Pays?
1968
as Sheila Bannister
The Waiting Game
1967
as Miss Bannister
TVDoctor Who
1963
as Archivist
TVThe Odd Man
1960
as Woman (voice)
