Acting · Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Born February 17, 1940
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).
MovieBridge of Dragons
1999
as Lily
TVThe Uninvited
1997
MovieThe Remains of the Day
1993
as Publican's wife
Marlene Marlowe Investigates
1993
TVPeak Practice
1993
as Rose Godfrey
MovieHowards End
1992
as Annie
TVThe Brittas Empire
1991
as Mrs Dapping
TVFortunes of War
1987
as Landlady
MovieStar Quality
1985
as Linda Copeland
TVIn Sickness and in Health
1985
as Woman on Phone
TVThe Bill
1984
MovieMrs. Silly
1983
as Mrs. Lyng
MovieThe Unvarnished Truth
1983
as Mrs. Stuart-Dubonnet
MovieA Sudden Wrench
1982
as Frank's wife
TVShine on Harvey Moon
1982
as Mrs. Fairweather
TVThe Good Companions
1980
as Mrs. Joe
MovieScum
1979
as Matron
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1979
as Mrs. Brown
TVGrange Hill
1978
as Mrs. Browning
MovieBuilding Sites Bite
1978
as Mum
MovieTreasure Island
1977
as Sarah Hawkins
MovieJames and the Giant Peach
1976
as Glow-Worm / American Woman
TVThe New Avengers
1976
as Nurse
TVRumpole of the Bailey
1975
TVAngels
1975
TVThe Pallisers
1974
as Adelaide Palliser
TVMan About the House
1973
as Podge Randall
TVThe Edwardians
1972
as Vesta Victoria
TVEmmerdale
1972
as Peggy Skilbeck
TVThe Organization
1972
as Daphne
TVThe Regiment
1972
TVSense and Sensibility
1971
as Charlotte Palmer
TVThe Goodies
1970
as The Queen (voice)
TVThe Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970
as Anne Stanhope
TVSinister Street
1969
as Mrs Ross
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1968
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1968
as Jane Hills
TVITV Playhouse
1967
as Mrs. Brown
TVAt Last the 1948 Show
1967
