Jo Kendall
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).
Top Filmography
The Remains of the Day
1993 // MOVIE
Howards End
1992 // MOVIE
Scum
1979 // MOVIE
Emmerdale
1972 // TV
Bridge of Dragons
1999 // MOVIE
The New Avengers
1976 // TV
The Brittas Empire
1991 // TV
The Bill
1984 // TV
Grange Hill
1978 // TV
The Goodies
1970 // TV
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975 // TV
Man About the House
1973 // TV
At Last the 1948 Show
1967 // TV
In Sickness and in Health
1985 // TV
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970 // TV