Daphne Oxenford

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Oct 31, 1919 (105 years old)
Death date
Dec 21, 2012

Daphne Oxenford

Known For

Prince William
1h 28m
Movie 2002

Prince William

Prince William is the elder son of Britain's Prince Charles and if the late Diana, Princess of Wales. After his father, he is next in line to the British throne. A biography of his journey so far....

Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models
0h 11m
Movie 1998

Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models

Richard D'Oyly Carte, the theatrical impresario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together, is tormented in a dream by his memories of this most tempestuous partnering.

How to be a Little Sod
0h 8m
TV Show 1995

How to be a Little Sod

Set in the baby's perspective of the first years of its life, almost an instructional video for baby's explaining how to be the worst infant you can be and why.

Girl from the South
1h 12m
Movie 1988

Girl from the South

ANNE is the daughter of well-to-do parents in the South of England.One morning, bored with Granny's attempts to entertain her, she leaves the safety of the rich suburbs and sets out towards 'the poorer part of town' determined to meet her own real-life, tall dark stranger. Walking up a street of back-to-back houses – and still in her daydream – ANNE bumps into an old woman sending her shopping flying. A lucky accident as the old woman's grandson, RALPH, turns out to be exactly the boy she is looking for... well, nearly – he does have a strange penchant for art galleries and Elgar. But ANNE doesn't only fall in love. Discovering that not everyone is as rich as her, she determines to balance things out by persuading RALPH to take part in an unusual form of burglary. She assures him that if things go wrong, she will own up and say it was her fault. "They'll never believe you!" says Ralph. And they don't.

The Reluctant Dragon
0h 30m
Movie 1987

The Reluctant Dragon

A shepherd’s son befriends a dragon, who is more inclined to compose poetry than attack the frightened villagers.

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.

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