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Jo Kendall
Jo Kendall

Jo Kendall

ActingBorn February 17, 1940Died January 29, 2022 (age 81)Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK

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).

Filmography

1999Movie
1993
The Remains of the Day

as Publican's wife

Movie
1993
Peak Practice

as Rose Godfrey

TV
1992
Howards End

as Annie

Movie
1991
The Brittas Empire

as Mrs Dapping

TV
1987
Fortunes of War

as Landlady

TV
1985
Star Quality

as Linda Copeland

Movie
1985
In Sickness and in Health

as Woman on Phone

TV
1984TV
1983
Mrs. Silly

as Mrs. Lyng

Movie
1983
The Unvarnished Truth

as Mrs. Stuart-Dubonnet

Movie
1982
A Sudden Wrench

as Frank's wife

Movie
1982
Shine on Harvey Moon

as Mrs. Fairweather

TV
1980TV
1979
Scum

as Matron

Movie
1978
Grange Hill

as Mrs. Browning

TV
1978Movie
1977
Treasure Island

as Sarah Hawkins

Movie
1976
James and the Giant Peach

as Glow-Worm / American Woman

Movie
1976TV
1975TV
1974
The Pallisers

as Adelaide Palliser

TV
1973
Man About the House

as Podge Randall

TV
1972
The Edwardians

as Vesta Victoria

TV
1972
Emmerdale

as Peggy Skilbeck

TV
1972TV
1971
Sense and Sensibility

as Charlotte Palmer

TV
1970
The Goodies

as The Queen (voice)

TV
1970TV
1969
Sinister Street

as Mrs Ross

TV
1969
Sinister Street

as Miss Carthew

TV
1968
Horizontal Hold

as Jane Hills

Movie
1967
ITV Playhouse

as Mrs. Brown

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayFebruary 17, 1940
Day of DeathJanuary 29, 2022
Place of BirthLincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Popularity0.3