Jo Kendall
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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
Credits
The Remains of the Day (1993)
as Publican's wife
Howards End (1992)
as Annie
Scum (1979)
as Matron
Bridge of Dragons (1999)
as Lily
A Sudden Wrench (1982)
as Frank's wife
Star Quality (1985)
as Linda Copeland
Building Sites Bite (1978)
as Mum
James and the Giant Peach (1976)
as Glow-Worm / American Woman
Treasure Island (1977)
as Sarah Hawkins
Horizontal Hold (1968)
as Jane Hills
Mrs. Silly (1983)
as Mrs. Lyng
The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False? (1979)
as Mrs. Brown
The Unvarnished Truth (1983)
as Mrs. Stuart-Dubonnet