Acting
Jo Kendall
Birth Date
February 17, 1940
Death Date
January 29, 2022
(passed away at 81)
Place of Birth
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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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).
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Emmerdale
Peggy Skilbeck
1972 • 38 episodes
Peak Practice
Rose Godfrey
1993 • 1 episode
Grange Hill
Mrs. Browning
1978 • 3 episodes
ITV Playhouse
Mrs. Brown
1967 • 1 episode
The Bill
1984 • 2 episodes
Rumpole of the Bailey
Castle Guide
1975 • 1 episode
Angels
1975 • 2 episodes
The New Avengers
Nurse
1976 • 1 episode
In Sickness and in Health
Woman on Phone
1985 • 1 episode
The Goodies
The Queen (voice)
1970 • 1 episode
The Remains of the Day
Publican's wife
1993
The Pallisers
Adelaide Palliser
1974 • 4 episodes
Shine on Harvey Moon
Mrs. Fairweather
1982 • 1 episode
Fortunes of War
Landlady
1987 • 1 episode
Man About the House
Podge Randall
1973 • 1 episode
The Brittas Empire
Mrs Dapping
1991 • 2 episodes
Howards End
Annie
1992
Sinister Street
Mrs Ross
1969 • 6 episodes
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Anne Stanhope
1970 • 1 episode
The Edwardians
Vesta Victoria
1972 • 1 episode