Jo Kendall
Acting
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).
Filmography 38
Movies (12)
Bridge of Dragons1999Lily
The Remains of the Day1993Publican's wife
Howards End1992Annie
Star Quality1985Linda Copeland
Mrs. Silly1983Mrs. Lyng
The Unvarnished Truth1983Mrs. Stuart-Dubonnet
A Sudden Wrench1982Frank's wife
Scum1979Matron- The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?1979Mrs. Brown
Treasure Island1977Sarah Hawkins
James and the Giant Peach1976Glow-Worm / American Woman- Horizontal Hold1968Jane Hills
Shows (26)
The Uninvited1997- Marlene Marlowe Investigates1993
Peak Practice1993Rose Godfrey
The Brittas Empire1991Mrs Dapping
Fortunes of War1987Landlady
In Sickness and in Health1985Woman on Phone
The Bill1984
Shine on Harvey Moon1982Mrs. Fairweather
The Good Companions1980Mrs. Joe
Grange Hill1978Mrs. Browning
The New Avengers1976Nurse
Rumpole of the Bailey1975Castle Guide
Angels1975
The Pallisers1974Adelaide Palliser
Man About the House1973Podge Randall
The Edwardians1972Vesta Victoria
Emmerdale1972Peggy Skilbeck
The Organization1972Daphne
The Regiment1972
Sense and Sensibility1971Charlotte Palmer
The Goodies1970The Queen (voice)
The Six Wives of Henry VIII1970Anne Stanhope
Sinister Street1969Mrs Ross- Broaden Your Mind1968
ITV Playhouse1967Mrs. Brown
At Last the 1948 Show1967