Jo Kendall
ActingBiography
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).
Movies
(13 total)
The Remains of the Day
as Publican's wife
Howards End
as Annie
Scum
as Matron
Bridge of Dragons
as Lily
Star Quality
as Linda Copeland
James and the Giant Peach
as Glow-Worm / American Woman
Mrs. Silly
as Mrs. Lyng
The Unvarnished Truth
as Mrs. Stuart-Dubonnet
Building Sites Bite
as Mum
A Sudden Wrench
as Frank's wife
Treasure Island
as Sarah Hawkins
TV Shows
(25 total)
Emmerdale
as Peggy Skilbeck
The New Avengers
as Nurse
The Brittas Empire
as Mrs Dapping
Grange Hill
as Mrs. Browning
The Goodies
as The Queen (voice)
Man About the House
as Podge Randall
In Sickness and in Health
as Woman on Phone
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
as Anne Stanhope
Fortunes of War
as Landlady
Peak Practice
as Rose Godfrey
Shine on Harvey Moon
as Mrs. Fairweather
The Pallisers
as Adelaide Palliser
The Edwardians
as Vesta Victoria
Sense and Sensibility
as Charlotte Palmer
