Jo Kendall
Acting
Born February 17, 1940 · Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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…
Known For · 39 titles
Emmerdale
Peak Practice
Grange Hill
ITV Playhouse
The Bill
Rumpole of the Bailey
Angels
The New Avengers
The Goodies
The Pallisers
The Brittas Empire
Shine on Harvey Moon
Man About the House
In Sickness and in Health
Howards End
The Remains of the Day
The Regiment
The Edwardians
Fortunes of War
At Last the 1948 Show
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Sinister Street
The Good Companions
Scum
Broaden Your Mind
Sense and Sensibility
Bridge of Dragons
The Organization
The Uninvited
James and the Giant Peach
Marlene Marlowe Investigates
A Sudden Wrench
Building Sites Bite
The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
The Unvarnished Truth
Mrs. Silly
Treasure Island
Star Quality
Horizontal Hold