Jo Kendall
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).
39 acting credits
Acting · 39
Peak Practice
1993
Grange Hill
1978
Emmerdale
1972
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
The Bill
1984
ITV Playhouse
1967
Angels
1975
The New Avengers
1976
The Goodies
1970
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982
In Sickness and in Health
1985
The Brittas Empire
1991
The Pallisers
1974
The Edwardians
1972
Fortunes of War
1987
Man About the House
1973
The Remains of the Day
1993
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970
Howards End
1992
The Regiment
1972
Sense and Sensibility
1971
The Uninvited
1997
At Last the 1948 Show
1967
Scum
1979
Bridge of Dragons
1999
The Organization
1972
Sinister Street
1969
Marlene Marlowe Investigates
1993
The Good Companions
1980
Broaden Your Mind
1968
Star Quality
1985
Mrs. Silly
1983
A Sudden Wrench
1982
Horizontal Hold
1968
Building Sites Bite
1978
James and the Giant Peach
1976
Treasure Island
1977
The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
1979
The Unvarnished Truth
1983