Daphne Moon

Daphne Moon (later Crane) is a fictional character on the American television sitcom Frasier, played by Jane Leeves.Daphne is an immigrant from Manchester, England who is employed by Frasier Crane as a live-in housekeeper and physical therapist for his father, Martin Crane. Her relationship with Frasier's brother Niles Crane is a major dramatic plotline of the series, progressing from Niles' secret infatuation at the beginning of the show to their marriage at the beginning of season ten. 2Biography Daphne was born in 1969 in Manchester, England, the only daughter in a family of nine children. She spent much of her childhood playing nurse and housemaid to her brothers. She has a complex love-hate relationship with her domineering mother, Gertrude Moon (played by Millicent Martin); her relationship with her father, Harry Moon (played by Brian Cox), is much warmer and closer. As a young girl, Daphne's early career was an actress in the hit British sitcom Mind Your Knickers (a show about "ethnically diverse" 12-year-olds in a private girls boarding school). Her career ended at age 16 when she became too tall and busty to play her much shorter, pre-teen character. During her youth, she gained considerable skill at billiards and darts, claiming to have won many tournaments. She also raised show rats, was a member of the Manchester Light Opera Works, and was a skilled shoplifter. As an adult, Daphne takes up a career as a physical therapist, working one-on-one with various invalids and shut-in