1. An English immigrant from Manchester, Daphne is employed by Frasier as a live-in housekeeper and physical therapist for his father, Martin.
17 Facts About Daphne Moon
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Daphne Moon's relationship with Frasier's brother Niles is a major plotline of the series, progressing from Niles' secret infatuation to their eventual marriage later on the show.
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Daphne Moon was born in September 1964 in Manchester, the only daughter in a family of nine children.
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Daphne Moon spent much of her childhood playing nurse and housemaid to her brothers.
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Daphne Moon has a complex love-hate relationship with her overbearing mother, Gertrude Moon; her relationship with her father, Harry Moon, is much warmer and closer.
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Daphne Moon's career ended at 16 when she became too tall and busty to play her shorter pre-teen character.
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Daphne Moon raised show rats, was a Manchester Light Opera Works member, and was a skilled shoplifter.
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Daphne Moon is mostly portrayed as kind and down-to-earth, often perplexed and exasperated by Frasier's snobbery and pretension.
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Daphne Moon often tells rambling stories about her family, cheerfully remembering rather grim or traumatic events, to the considerable discomfort of the Crane family.
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Daphne Moon is a firm believer in the supernatural, and believes herself to be "a bit psychic".
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Unbeknownst to Daphne Moon, Niles falls in love with her in the third episode, when they first meet.
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Heartbroken to discover that he had, on impulse, married his girlfriend Mel, Daphne Moon intends to go ahead with her own marriage to Niles's divorce lawyer Donny Douglas, until Frasier intervenes.
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Niles and Daphne Moon have a precarious courtship during season 8 after Mel forbids Niles from being seen in public with Daphne Moon, and Donny retaliates with a lawsuit for being left at the altar after Frasier confesses to Donny that he was the instigator of the breakup.
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Tensions arise, with Daphne Moon blaming Niles for all their new relationship problems.
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Shortly thereafter, she gains 60 pounds, but Niles is so blinded by love that he does not notice until Daphne Moon falls to the floor and is too heavy to get up without the help of Frasier, Niles, and Martin.
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In "Something Borrowed, Someone Blue", Daphne Moon's mother makes her first appearance, while her father only makes his debut in season 9.
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Daphne Moon never peeked at me, though he did peek at me brother Nigel.