People

Jo Kendall

  • Name: Jo Kendall
  • Birthday: 1940-02-17
  • Place of birth: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
  • Popularity: 1.9133
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).

Movies:

Title Release date
Bridge of Dragons   as  Lily 1999-06-30
The Remains of the Day   as  Publican's wife 1993-11-05
Howards End   as  Annie 1992-03-13
Star Quality   as  Linda Copeland 1985-11-10
Mrs. Silly   as  Mrs. Lyng 1983-09-09
The Unvarnished Truth   as  Mrs. Stuart-Dubonnet 1983-01-01
A Sudden Wrench   as  Frank's wife 1982-03-23
Scum   as  Matron 1979-09-12
The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?   as  Mrs. Brown 1979-04-10
Building Sites Bite   as  Mum 1978-01-01
Treasure Island   as  Sarah Hawkins 1977-10-30
James and the Giant Peach   as  Glow-Worm / American Woman 1976-12-28
Horizontal Hold   as  Jane Hills 1968-05-27