Daphne Oxenford Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Daphne M. Oxenford (born 1919) is an English actress known for her television and radio work. She is possibly best known for being the voice for BBC radio's Listen with Mother from 1950 to 1971, and for being one of the readers on newspaper review programme What the Papers Say for over thirty years. She was also one of the original cast members of Coronation Street, playing Esther Hayes from 1960 to 1963, 1971 & 1972. She also played Mrs. Patterson in the popular sitcom To the Manor Born. Also in the Seventies and early Eighties she was part of Listen to Les The Les Dawson Radio Show on... MORE

Daphne M. Oxenford (born 1919) is an English actress known for her television and radio work. She is possibly best known for being the voice for BBC radio's Listen with Mother from 1950 to 1971, and for being one of the readers on newspaper review programme What the Papers Say for over thirty years. She was also one of the original cast members of Coronation Street, playing Esther Hayes from 1960 to 1963, 1971 & 1972. She also played Mrs. Patterson in the popular sitcom To the Manor Born. Also in the Seventies and early Eighties she was part of Listen to Les The Les Dawson Radio Show on BBC Radio 2, and in the Sixties and Seventies appeared in The Clitheroe Kid from time to time. Other TV credits include: The Sweeney, The Duchess of Duke Street, Juliet Bravo, The Children of Green Knowe, Doctor Who (in the serial Dragonfire) and Hetty Wainthropp Investigates. In 2006, guest-starred in the audio drama Sapphire and Steel: Cruel Immortality. She has also appeared in three episodes of Midsomer Murders (2004–2008) as Muriel, Cully's grandmother. Film credits include: All Creatures Great and Small. IMDB lists her husband as David Marshall from 1951 until his death in February 2003 and LESS