- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 17, 1940
- Place of Birth
- Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
- Died
- January 29, 2022
Jo Kendall
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
movieBridge of Dragons
1999 · Lily
tvThe Uninvited
1997
movieThe Remains of the Day
1993 · Publican's wife
Marlene Marlowe Investigates
tvMarlene Marlowe Investigates
1993
tvPeak Practice
1993 · Rose Godfrey
movieHowards End
1992 · Annie
tvThe Brittas Empire
1991 · Mrs Dapping
tvFortunes of War
1987 · Landlady
movieStar Quality
1985 · Linda Copeland
tvIn Sickness and in Health
1985 · Woman on Phone
tvThe Bill
1984
movieMrs. Silly
1983 · Mrs. Lyng
movieThe Unvarnished Truth
1983 · Mrs. Stuart-Dubonnet
movieA Sudden Wrench
1982 · Frank's wife
tvShine on Harvey Moon
1982 · Mrs. Fairweather
tvThe Good Companions
1980 · Mrs. Joe
movieScum
1979 · Matron
The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
movieThe Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
1979 · Mrs. Brown
tvGrange Hill
1978 · Mrs. Browning
movieBuilding Sites Bite
1978 · Mum
movieTreasure Island
1977 · Sarah Hawkins
movieJames and the Giant Peach
1976 · Glow-Worm / American Woman
tvThe New Avengers
1976 · Nurse
tvRumpole of the Bailey
1975
tvAngels
1975
tvThe Pallisers
1974 · Adelaide Palliser
tvMan About the House
1973 · Podge Randall
tvThe Edwardians
1972 · Vesta Victoria
tvEmmerdale
1972 · Peggy Skilbeck
tvThe Organization
1972 · Daphne
tvThe Regiment
1972
tvSense and Sensibility
1971 · Charlotte Palmer
tvThe Goodies
1970 · The Queen (voice)
tvThe Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970 · Anne Stanhope
tvSinister Street
1969 · Mrs Ross, Miss Carthew
Broaden Your Mind
tvBroaden Your Mind
1968
Horizontal Hold
movieHorizontal Hold
1968 · Jane Hills
tvITV Playhouse
1967 · Mrs. Brown
tvAt Last the 1948 Show
1967