Jo Kendall
Actor
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
Howards End
as Annie 1992
Scum
as Matron 1979
Bridge of Dragons
as Lily 1999
Star Quality
as Linda Copeland 1985
James and the Giant Peach
as Glow-Worm / American Woman 1976
Mrs. Silly
as Mrs. Lyng 1983
The Unvarnished Truth
as Mrs. Stuart-Dubonnet 1983
Building Sites Bite
as Mum 1978
Horizontal Hold
as Jane Hills 1968
The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
as Mrs. Brown 1979
A Sudden Wrench
as Frank's wife 1982