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
All Movies (13)
- Bridge of Dragons1999 · as Lily
- The Remains of the Day1993 · as Publican's wife
- Howards End1992 · as Annie
- Star Quality1985 · as Linda Copeland
- Mrs. Silly1983 · as Mrs. Lyng
- The Unvarnished Truth1983 · as Mrs. Stuart-Dubonnet
- A Sudden Wrench1982 · as Frank's wife
- Scum1979 · as Matron
- The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?1979 · as Mrs. Brown
- Building Sites Bite1978 · as Mum
- Treasure Island1977 · as Sarah Hawkins
- James and the Giant Peach1976 · as Glow-Worm / American Woman
- Horizontal Hold1968 · as Jane Hills
All TV Shows (27)
- The Uninvited1997
- Marlene Marlowe Investigates1993
- Peak Practice1993 · as Rose Godfrey
- The Brittas Empire1991 · as Mrs Dapping
- Fortunes of War1987 · as Landlady
- In Sickness and in Health1985 · as Woman on Phone
- The Bill1984
- Shine on Harvey Moon1982 · as Mrs. Fairweather
- The Good Companions1980 · as Mrs. Joe
- Grange Hill1978 · as Mrs. Browning
- The New Avengers1976 · as Nurse
- Rumpole of the Bailey1975
- Angels1975
- The Pallisers1974 · as Adelaide Palliser
- Man About the House1973 · as Podge Randall
- The Edwardians1972 · as Vesta Victoria
- Emmerdale1972 · as Peggy Skilbeck
- The Organization1972 · as Daphne
- The Regiment1972
- Sense and Sensibility1971 · as Charlotte Palmer
- The Goodies1970 · as The Queen (voice)
- The Six Wives of Henry VIII1970 · as Anne Stanhope
- Sinister Street1969 · as Mrs Ross
- Sinister Street1969 · as Miss Carthew
- Broaden Your Mind1968
- ITV Playhouse1967 · as Mrs. Brown
- At Last the 1948 Show1967