Jo Kendall
Known For
Acting
Born
1940-02-17 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Died
2022-01-29
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).
Most Known For
Emmerdale
as Peggy Skilbeck
Grange Hill
as Mrs. Browning
Peak Practice
as Rose Godfrey
The Bill
Rumpole of the Bailey
The Goodies
as The Queen (voice)
Angels
The New Avengers
as Nurse
The Edwardians
as Vesta Victoria
The Brittas Empire
as Mrs Dapping
Man About the House
as Podge Randall
Scum
as Matron
Howards End
as Annie
In Sickness and in Health
as Woman on Phone
Shine on Harvey Moon
as Mrs. Fairweather
The Remains of the Day
as Publican's wife
The Pallisers
as Adelaide Palliser
At Last the 1948 Show
The Regiment
Building Sites Bite
as Mum