
Jo Kendall
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1940-02-17
Day of Death
2022-01-29 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Jo Kendall
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).
Acting
(1999)
Bridge of Dragons
as Lily
(1993)
The Remains of the Day
as Publican's wife
(1992)
Howards End
as Annie
(1985)
Star Quality
as Linda Copeland
(1983)
The Unvarnished Truth
as Mrs. Stuart-Dubonnet
(1983)
Mrs. Silly
as Mrs. Lyng
(1982)
A Sudden Wrench
as Frank's wife
(1979)
Scum
as Matron
(1979)
The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
as Mrs. Brown
(1978)
Building Sites Bite
as Mum
(1977)
Treasure Island
as Sarah Hawkins
(1976)
James and the Giant Peach
as Glow-Worm / American Woman
(1968)
Horizontal Hold
as Jane Hills