Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 17, 1940
Place of Birth:
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Bridge of Dragons | Lily |
| 1993 | The Remains of the Day | Publican's wife |
| 1992 | Howards End | Annie |
| 1985 | Star Quality | Linda Copeland |
| 1983 | Mrs. Silly | Mrs. Lyng |
| 1983 | The Unvarnished Truth | Mrs. Stuart-Dubonnet |
| 1982 | A Sudden Wrench | Frank's wife |
| 1979 | The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False? | Mrs. Brown |
| 1979 | Scum | Matron |
| 1978 | Building Sites Bite | Mum |
| 1977 | Treasure Island | Sarah Hawkins |
| 1976 | James and the Giant Peach | Glow-Worm / American Woman |
| 1968 | Horizontal Hold | Jane Hills |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | The Uninvited | |
| 1993 | Marlene Marlowe Investigates | |
| 1993 | Peak Practice | Rose Godfrey |
| 1991 | The Brittas Empire | Mrs Dapping |
| 1987 | Fortunes of War | Landlady |
| 1985 | In Sickness and in Health | Woman on Phone |
| 1984 | The Bill | |
| 1982 | Shine on Harvey Moon | Mrs. Fairweather |
| 1980 | The Good Companions | Mrs. Joe |
| 1978 | Grange Hill | Mrs. Browning |
| 1976 | The New Avengers | Nurse |
| 1975 | Rumpole of the Bailey | |
| 1975 | Angels | |
| 1974 | The Pallisers | |
| 1973 | Man About the House | Podge Randall |
| 1972 | The Regiment | |
| 1972 | Emmerdale | Peggy Skilbeck |
| 1972 | The Edwardians | Vesta Victoria |
| 1971 | Sense and Sensibility | Charlotte Palmer |
| 1970 | The Goodies | The Queen (voice) |
| 1970 | The Six Wives of Henry VIII | Anne Stanhope |
| 1969 | Sinister Street | Mrs. Ross |
| 1968 | Broaden Your Mind | |
| 1967 | At Last the 1948 Show |