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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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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

Grange Hill

Peak Practice

The Bill

Rumpole of the Bailey

ITV Playhouse

Angels

The Pallisers

The New Avengers

The Goodies

Man About the House

In Sickness and in Health

The Brittas Empire

The Remains of the Day

Shine on Harvey Moon

Howards End

Sinister Street

Scum

The Edwardians

At Last the 1948 Show