Jo Kendall
Born: 1940-02-17 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Died: 2022-01-29
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
1999
- Bridge of Dragons as Lily
1997
1993
- Peak Practice as Rose Godfrey
- The Remains of the Day as Publican's wife
- Marlene Marlowe Investigates
1992
- Howards End as Annie
1991
- The Brittas Empire as Mrs Dapping
1987
- Fortunes of War as Landlady
1985
- In Sickness and in Health as Woman on Phone
- Star Quality as Linda Copeland
1984
1983
- Mrs. Silly as Mrs. Lyng
- The Unvarnished Truth as Mrs. Stuart-Dubonnet
1982
- Shine on Harvey Moon as Mrs. Fairweather
- A Sudden Wrench as Frank's wife
1980
- The Good Companions as Mrs. Joe
1979
- Scum as Matron
- The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False? as Mrs. Brown
1978
- Grange Hill as Mrs. Browning
- Building Sites Bite as Mum
1977
- Treasure Island as Sarah Hawkins
1976
- The New Avengers as Nurse
- James and the Giant Peach as Glow-Worm / American Woman
1974
- The Pallisers as Adelaide Palliser
1973
- Man About the House as Podge Randall
1972
- Emmerdale as Peggy Skilbeck
- The Edwardians as Vesta Victoria
- The Regiment
- The Organization as Daphne
1971
- Sense and Sensibility as Charlotte Palmer
1970
- The Goodies as The Queen (voice)
- The Six Wives of Henry VIII as Anne Stanhope
1969
- Sinister Street as Mrs Ross
1968
- Broaden Your Mind
- Horizontal Hold as Jane Hills
1967
- ITV Playhouse as Mrs. Brown
- At Last the 1948 Show