Jo Kendall

Known for ActingBorn 1940-02-17Died 2022-01-29Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK

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).Read more

Movies & web series

Mrs. Silly

The Good Companions

The Organization

In Sickness and in Health

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Sinister Street

Shine on Harvey Moon

The Remains of the Day

The Goodies

At Last the 1948 Show

Marlene Marlowe Investigates

Howards End

The New Avengers

Scum

Man About the House

Rumpole of the Bailey

Broaden Your Mind

ITV Playhouse

The Bill

Star Quality

Grange Hill

The Brittas Empire

The Uninvited

Peak Practice

Fortunes of War

The Pallisers

Sense and Sensibility

The Edwardians

The Unvarnished Truth

James and the Giant Peach

Bridge of Dragons

Angels

The Regiment

Emmerdale

A Sudden Wrench

The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?

Building Sites Bite

Treasure Island

Horizontal Hold