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