Acting
Jo Kendall
EN cinema · 12 credits
Born
17 February 1940
Died
29 January 2022 (aged 81)
Birthplace
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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).
Known for
Filmography
The Remains of the Day
as Publican's wife
Howards End
as Annie
Star Quality
as Linda Copeland
Mrs. Silly
as Mrs. Lyng
The Unvarnished Truth
as Mrs. Stuart-Dubonnet
A Sudden Wrench
as Frank's wife
The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
1979
The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
as Mrs. Brown
Scum
as Matron
Treasure Island
as Sarah Hawkins
James and the Giant Peach
as Glow-Worm / American Woman
Horizontal Hold
1968
Horizontal Hold
as Jane Hills