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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 31, 1919
Died
December 21, 2012
Place of Birth
Barnet, London, England, UK
Daphne Oxenford
1.9 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Self
Legends
2006
7.6
Mrs. Silverwood
The Royal
2003
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Queen Mother
Prince William
2002
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Narrator (voice)
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models
1998
7.5
Muriel
Midsomer Murders
1997
7.3
Mrs. Willoughby
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
7.3
Mayoress
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
6.0
How to be a Little Sod
1995
5.3
Customer
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
1994
7.1
Enid Bakewell
Heartbeat
1992
Credits
Legends
as Self
2006
5.0
The Royal
as Mrs. Silverwood
2003
7.6
Prince William
as Queen Mother
2002
0.0
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Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models
as Narrator (voice)
1998
0.0
Midsomer Murders
as Muriel
1997
7.5
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Mrs. Willoughby
1996
7.3
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Mayoress
1996
7.3
How to be a Little Sod
1995
6.0
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
as Customer
1994
5.3
Heartbeat
as Enid Bakewell
1992
7.1
The House of Eliott
as Mrs Dodds
1991
6.4
Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
as Self (segment "Smalltown Boy")
1990
0.0
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More Children's Summer Stories
as Fieldmice (voice)
1989
0.0
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Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
as Girl Hedgehog (voice)
1989
0.0
Girl from the South
as Grandmother
1988
5.0
The Reluctant Dragon
as Mother (voice)
1987
6.0
Doctor Who: Dragonfire
as Archivist
1987
7.4
Casualty
as Mrs. Johnson
1986
6.1
EastEnders
as Alice Dutton
1985
4.1
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The Wind in the Willows
as Girl Rabbit (voice)
1984
0.0
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Fresh Fields
as Miss Denham
1984
6.7
That's My Boy
as TV Voice (voice)
1981
6.1
Never the Twain
as Mrs Scott
1981
6.6
Fothergill
as Invalid Lady
1981
0.0
Sweet William
as Mrs. Walton
1980
3.3
To the Manor Born
as Mrs. Polouvicka
1979
6.9
To the Manor Born
as Mrs. Patterson
1979
6.9
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The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
as Miss Garton
1979
0.0
Beloved
as Ellen
1976
0.0
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Victorian Scandals
as Ellen
1976
0.0
All Creatures Great and Small
as Mrs. Pumphrey
1975
6.6
Dawson's Electric Cinema
1975
0.0
The Sweeney
as Mrs. Rosier
1975
7.8
Rising Damp
as Announcer
1974
7.5
The Carnforth Practice
as Marion Douglas
1974
0.0
Jingle Bells
as Mrs. Johnson
1973
0.0
Man About the House
as Mrs Plummer
1973
7.1
That'll Be The Day
as Mrs Sutcliffe
1973
6.2
Crown Court
as Gladys Kiteley
1972
5.4
Shadows of Fear
as Mrs. Tindall
1970
6.0
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
as Lady In Garden (uncredited)
1969
6.3
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Who Pays?
as Sheila Bannister
1968
0.0
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The Waiting Game
as Miss Bannister
1967
0.0
Doctor Who
as Archivist
1963
7.9
The Odd Man
as Woman (voice)
1960
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