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.
★6.3Frankenstein Yok Edilmeli
Lady In Garden (uncredited)
1969
★6.6All Creatures Great and Small
Mrs. Pumphrey
1975
★6.3That'll Be The Day
Mrs Sutcliffe
1973
Fothergill
Invalid Lady
1981
★7.2Doctor Who: Dragonfire
Archivist
1987
★8.0Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
Self (segment "Smalltown Boy")
1990
★4.3Sweet William
Mrs. Walton
1980
Beloved
Ellen
1976
★9.0Prince William
Queen Mother
2002
★7.0The Reluctant Dragon
Mother (voice)
1987
★9.0Dawson's Electric Cinema
1975
★5.0Girl from the South
Grandmother
1988
Jingle Bells
Mrs. Johnson
1973
★7.5Midsomer Murders
Muriel
1997
★7.9Doctor Who
Archivist
1963
★4.2EastEnders
Alice Dutton
1985
★6.2Casualty
Mrs. Johnson
1986
★5.7Crown Court
Gladys Kiteley
1972
★7.2Heartbeat
Enid Bakewell
1992
★8.0The Sweeney
Mrs. Rosier
1975
★7.3Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Mrs. Willoughby
1996
★7.3Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Mayoress
1996
★6.5The House of Eliott
Mrs Dodds
1991
★7.9The Duchess of Duke Street
Miss Dean
1976
★5.0Legends
Self
2006
★7.0Never the Twain
Mrs Scott
1981
★5.8(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
Customer
1994
★7.1Man About the House
Mrs Plummer
1973
★7.5Rising Damp
Announcer
1974
★7.0To the Manor Born
Mrs. Polouvicka
1979
★7.0To the Manor Born
Mrs. Patterson
1979
★6.5In Suspicious Circumstances
Jane Neck
1991
★8.0The Odd Man
Woman (voice)
1960
★6.6That's My Boy
TV Voice (voice)
1981
★6.7Shadows of Fear
Mrs. Tindall
1970
★10.0Victorian Scandals
Ellen
1976
★10.0The Carnforth Practice
Marion Douglas
1974
