Jo Kendall
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 17, 1940
- Died
- January 29, 2022 (aged 81)
- Birthplace
- Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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
Movie · as Lily
The Uninvited
TV · 4 eps
Oliver's Travels
TV · as Bus Lady · 1 ep
The Rector's Wife
TV · as Mrs Farmer · 1 ep
The Remains of the Day
Movie · as Publican's wife
Marlene Marlowe Investigates
TV · 30 eps
Peak Practice
TV · as Rose Godfrey · 1 ep
Howards End
Movie · as Annie
The Brittas Empire
TV · as Mrs Dapping · 2 eps
Fortunes of War
TV · as Landlady · 1 ep
The Cuckoo Sister
TV · as Elizabeth Wait · 4 eps
Star Quality
Movie · as Linda Copeland
In Sickness and in Health
TV · as Woman on Phone · 1 ep
The Bill
TV · 2 eps
Mrs. Silly
Movie · as Mrs. Lyng
The Unvarnished Truth
Movie · as Mrs. Stuart-Dubonnet
A Sudden Wrench
Movie · as Frank's wife
Shine on Harvey Moon
TV · as Mrs. Fairweather · 1 ep
All for Love
TV · as Mrs Lyng · 1 ep
The Good Companions
TV · as Mrs. Joe · 9 eps
The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
Movie · as Mrs. Brown
Scum
Movie · as Matron
Grange Hill
TV · as Mrs. Browning · 3 eps
Treasure Island
Movie · as Sarah Hawkins
James and the Giant Peach
Movie · as Glow-Worm / American Woman
The New Avengers
TV · as Nurse · 1 ep
Rumpole of the Bailey
TV · as Castle Guide · 1 ep
Angels
TV · 2 eps
The Pallisers
TV · as Adelaide Palliser · 4 eps
Man About the House
TV · as Podge Randall · 1 ep
Point Counter Point
TV · as Beatrice Gilray · 5 eps
The Regiment
TV · 1 ep
The Edwardians
TV · as Vesta Victoria · 1 ep
The Organization
TV · as Daphne · 3 eps
Emmerdale
TV · as Peggy Skilbeck · 38 eps
Sense and Sensibility
TV · as Charlotte Palmer · 3 eps
The Goodies
TV · as The Queen (voice) · 1 ep
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
TV · as Anne Stanhope · 1 ep
Sinister Street
TV · as Mrs Ross, Miss Carthew · 6 eps
Horizontal Hold
Movie · as Jane Hills
Broaden Your Mind
TV · 13 eps
At Last the 1948 Show
TV · 13 eps
ITV Playhouse
TV · as Mrs. Brown · 1 ep