Name
Jo Kendall
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1940-02-17
Deathday
2022-01-29 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
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
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- 1992 Howards End as Annie
- 1976 James and the Giant Peach as Glow-Worm / American Woman
- 1985 Star Quality as Linda Copeland
- 1968 Horizontal Hold as Jane Hills
- 1979 The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False? as Mrs. Brown
- 1993 The Remains of the Day as Publican's wife
- 1979 Scum as Matron
- 1982 A Sudden Wrench as Frank's wife
- 1999 Bridge of Dragons as Lily
- 1983 Mrs. Silly as Mrs. Lyng
- 1983 The Unvarnished Truth as Mrs. Stuart-Dubonnet
- 1977 Treasure Island as Sarah Hawkins
- 1967 At Last the 1948 Show ( 13 episodes )
- 1991 The Brittas Empire ( 2 episodes ) as Mrs Dapping
- 1997 The Uninvited ( 4 episodes )
- 1984 The Bill ( 2 episodes )
- 1970 The Goodies ( 1 episode ) as The Queen (voice)
- 1975 Rumpole of the Bailey ( 1 episode ) as Castle Guide
- 1968 Broaden Your Mind ( 13 episodes )
- 1993 Marlene Marlowe Investigates ( 30 episodes )
- 1982 Shine on Harvey Moon ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Fairweather
- 1976 The New Avengers ( 1 episode ) as Nurse
- 1975 Angels ( 2 episodes )
- 1970 The Six Wives of Henry VIII ( 1 episode ) as Anne Stanhope
- 1972 The Regiment ( 1 episode )
- 1993 Peak Practice ( 1 episode ) as Rose Godfrey
- 1978 Grange Hill ( 3 episodes ) as Mrs. Browning
- 1980 The Good Companions ( 9 episodes ) as Mrs. Joe
- 1971 Sense and Sensibility ( 3 episodes ) as Charlotte Palmer
- 1985 In Sickness and in Health ( 1 episode ) as Woman on Phone
- 1973 Man About the House ( 1 episode ) as Podge Randall
- 1987 Fortunes of War ( 1 episode ) as Landlady
- 1972 The Edwardians ( 1 episode ) as Vesta Victoria
- 1969 Sinister Street ( 6 episodes ) as Mrs Ross
- 1969 Sinister Street ( 1 episode ) as Miss Carthew
- 1974 The Pallisers ( 4 episodes ) as Adelaide Palliser
- 1972 The Organization ( 3 episodes ) as Daphne
- 1972 Emmerdale ( 38 episodes ) as Peggy Skilbeck
- 1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Brown
- 1986 The Cuckoo Sister ( 4 episodes ) as Elizabeth Wait
- 1973 Point Counter Point ( 5 episodes ) as Beatrice Gilray
- 1995 Oliver's Travels ( 1 episode ) as Bus Lady
