Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 4 guestsDiscussion of all things 'Frasier' - the episodes, the actors and other 'Frasier'-related topics.watching the first season again, i noticed that Jane Leeves plays Daphne with a strong almost childlike Manchester accent, i didnt really notice this at first until seeing older seasons straight after, but it completely disappears i know this kinda ties in with "things that dont make any sense" thread but its worth discussing on its own, seeing as how we are nitpickingI personally think Daphne went from being an eccentric and interesting character to a moronic frump in later seasons but her accent would've changed in real life the longer she stayed in the US.yeah i suppose, you couldnt have took her seriously in the major story lines wth that child like accent, and i know that all good shows have to have a grounding in reality, it would have been better had they wrote in the development of the accent, a couple of explanatory lines would have sufficedExcuse my 'Yorkshire lad' ignorance - is it a manchunian accent? The character could no longer provide "light relief" to quote Mr Blue SkyJohn Mahoney (like Anthony LaPaglia) trained himself to speak without the British accent when he moved to the US.

I wondered if it was more Preston way? Leeves played one of the five main characters of the sitcom, a live-in caretaker hired to take care of Frasier Crane's father, an ... He doesn't speak with an accent when he speaks normally. Cheers.

How it was "difficult for her to do a Manchester accent even though she's from....""I’ve waited for this all my life, Frasier.

Because he spends a fair amount of time in the Chicago area, John's American is fairly midwestern with a touch of east coast (though not Boston) thrown into the mix.her accent would've changed in real life the longer she stayed in the US.I know they're only moments... but that's all life is - just a bunch of moments.It just doesn't make much sense to me when there are a million different accents that you should be so critical if somebody isn't spot-on in their accent. One act of utter, devil-may-care, crotch-grabbing brazenness! ""If this goes on, my beloved 'earers, it will be my painful duty toNow see I would think if you have that many different accents all over the place that you'd be easier on the accents that are used on screen. on Would any manchunians answer this? Homegrown tv shows can't even get the correct regional accents for their show settings a lot of the time, so what's the point of worrying about how other countries handle it. For me the Daphne character we all knew and loved and which added so much to the show just disappeared when she married to Niles. I would think it would be much more difficult to do a proper regional accent and you'd cut them some slack! a list of 34 images 2:00 AM PDT Relive the funniest moments that happened before the opening credits of "Looking for some great streaming picks? The Daphne's mother character made up for the loss a bit, but really Daphne just could not behave like a carefree, eccentric, naive type after she married. "If this goes on, my beloved 'earers, it will be my painful duty toI don't get too fussed by accents.

Her relationship with Frasier's brother Niles is a major plotline of the series, progressing from Niles' secret infatuation to their eventual marriage later in the show. Why did Jane Leeves exaggerate her accent on Frasier? The one I'm more familiar with is the whole 'Shameless' / Gallagher brother / Psycho Paul accent. Jane Leeves Biography: This British comic …

She is most famous for her role as "Daphne" in the award-winning show "Frasier" (1993-2004). She had a recurring role in the television series Murphy Brown which provided her first period

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Jane Leeves grew up just north of London, but since her character was from Manchester she used an affected Mancunian accent (which received a lot … Daphne Crane is a fictional character on the American television sitcom Frasier, played by Jane Leeves. Another 2 Jane Leeves Used An Accent Coach. "If this goes on, my beloved 'earers, it will be my painful duty toJane Leeves had an appearance on The Graham Norton show where, if memory serves correct, she discusses her accent. Mon, Aug 17 "If this goes on, my beloved 'earers, it will be my painful duty toit also annoys that whenever American TV does "English", forgetting of course that this is a country made up of four provinces, its always a posh plums in the mouth accent, you have to at least congratulate Frasier writers for trying with Daphne's accent and to some extent, Clives, but boy is Clives the worst ive ever heard on an American show of any kindjust had a quick thought there, what do Americans think of Hugh Lawrie's American accent on HOUSE?I go along with the notion that it is not so much Daphne’s accent which changed, but the character which changed. A lot of Frasier’s American audience at the time may have assumed that Jane Leeves’ accent for Daphne was natural, but she was actually affecting a Mancunian accent for the role and even needed help fine-tuning it. HALL (080) "If this goes on, my beloved 'earers, it will be my painful duty toIt will forever crack me up how sensitive you guys are to those accents. Jane Leeves has made her mark in the entertainment world, acting in television, theater and film over the past 20 years. watching the first season again, i noticed that Jane Leeves plays Daphne with a strong almost childlike Manchester accent, i didnt really notice this at first until seeing older seasons straight after, but it completely disappears i know this kinda ties in with "things that dont make any sense" thread but its worth discussing on its own, seeing as how we are nitpicking Mon, Aug 17 Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. She didn’t exaggerate her accent - she attempted to speak with an accent that is not her own. Jane Leeves has made her mark in the entertainment world, acting in television, theater and film over the past 20 years.