Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 17, 1940
Died
Jan 29, 2022
Place of Birth
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Credits
41 titles
Jo Kendall
Biography
Josephine Mary Robinson, better known by her stage name Jo Kendall (17 February 1940 – 29 January 2022) was a British actress and writer. She was known for her work on the BBC radio comedy show I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again, which debuted in 1964, and for her role as Peggy Skilbeck on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale (then Emmerdale Farm) from 1972 to 1973, in which she also spoke the programme's first line of dialogue in the inaugural episode. Kendall was born Josephine Mary Robinson in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, on 17 February 1940. After leaving Leicester she trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and gained her Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music (LRAM).
Known For
Filmography
Bridge of Dragons
Lily
The Uninvited
Oliver's Travels
Bus Lady
The Remains of the Day
Publican's wife
Marlene Marlowe Investigates
Peak Practice
Rose Godfrey
Howards End
Annie
The Brittas Empire
Mrs Dapping
Fortunes of War
Landlady
The Cuckoo Sister
Elizabeth Wait
Star Quality
Linda Copeland
In Sickness and in Health
Woman on Phone
The Bill
Mrs. Silly
Mrs. Lyng
The Unvarnished Truth
Mrs. Stuart-Dubonnet
A Sudden Wrench
Frank's wife
Shine on Harvey Moon
Mrs. Fairweather
The Good Companions
Mrs. Joe
Scum
Matron
The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
Mrs. Brown
Grange Hill
Mrs. Browning
Treasure Island
Sarah Hawkins
James and the Giant Peach
Glow-Worm / American Woman
The New Avengers
Nurse
Rumpole of the Bailey
Castle Guide
Angels
The Pallisers
Adelaide Palliser
Man About the House
Podge Randall
Point Counter Point
Beatrice Gilray
The Edwardians
Vesta Victoria
Emmerdale
Peggy Skilbeck
The Organization
Daphne
The Regiment
Sense and Sensibility
Charlotte Palmer
The Goodies
The Queen (voice)
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Anne Stanhope
Sinister Street
Mrs Ross
Broaden Your Mind
Horizontal Hold
Jane Hills
ITV Playhouse
Mrs. Brown
At Last the 1948 Show