Jo Kendall

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Jo Kendall

Acting February 17, 1940

Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK

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 rad…

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Emmerdale

Emmerdale

4.3 1972 TV Show
The Remains of the Day

The Remains of the Day

7.4 1993 Movie
The Bill

The Bill

6.8 1984 TV Show
Howards End

Howards End

7.0 1992 Movie
Grange Hill

Grange Hill

6.7 1978 TV Show
Peak Practice

Peak Practice

6.5 1993 TV Show
ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

7.0 1967 TV Show
Scum

Scum

7.1 1979 Movie
Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole of the Bailey

7.1 1975 TV Show
The New Avengers

The New Avengers

7.2 1976 TV Show
Angels

Angels

4.5 1975 TV Show
The Goodies

The Goodies

7.7 1970 TV Show

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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).

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1999
    Bridge of Dragons

    Movie Lily

  2. 1997
    The Uninvited

    TV show

  3. 1995
    Oliver's Travels

    TV show Bus Lady

  4. 1993
    The Remains of the Day

    Movie Publican's wife

  5. 1993
    Marlene Marlowe Investigates

    TV show

  6. 1993
    Peak Practice

    TV show Rose Godfrey

  7. 1992
    Howards End

    Movie Annie

  8. 1991
    The Brittas Empire

    TV show Mrs Dapping

  9. 1987
    Fortunes of War

    TV show Landlady

  10. 1986
    The Cuckoo Sister

    TV show Elizabeth Wait

  11. 1985
    Star Quality

    Movie Linda Copeland

  12. 1985
    In Sickness and in Health

    TV show Woman on Phone

  13. 1984
    The Bill

    TV show

  14. 1983
    Mrs. Silly

    Movie Mrs. Lyng

  15. 1983
    The Unvarnished Truth

    Movie Mrs. Stuart-Dubonnet

  16. 1982
    A Sudden Wrench

    Movie Frank's wife

More credits
  1. 1982
    Shine on Harvey Moon

    TV show Mrs. Fairweather

  2. 1980
    The Good Companions

    TV show Mrs. Joe

  3. 1979
    Scum

    Movie Matron

  4. 1979
    The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?

    Movie Mrs. Brown

  5. 1978
    Grange Hill

    TV show Mrs. Browning

  6. 1977
    Treasure Island

    Movie Sarah Hawkins

  7. 1976
    James and the Giant Peach

    Movie Glow-Worm / American Woman

  8. 1976
    The New Avengers

    TV show Nurse

  9. 1975
    Rumpole of the Bailey

    TV show Castle Guide

  10. 1975
    Angels

    TV show

  11. 1974
    The Pallisers

    TV show Adelaide Palliser

  12. 1973
    Man About the House

    TV show Podge Randall

  13. 1973
    Point Counter Point

    TV show Beatrice Gilray

  14. 1972
    The Edwardians

    TV show Vesta Victoria

  15. 1972
    Emmerdale

    TV show Peggy Skilbeck

  16. 1972
    The Organization

    TV show Daphne

  17. 1972
    The Regiment

    TV show

  18. 1971
    Sense and Sensibility

    TV show Charlotte Palmer

  19. 1970
    The Goodies

    TV show The Queen (voice)

  20. 1970
    The Six Wives of Henry VIII

    TV show Anne Stanhope

  21. 1969
    Sinister Street

    TV show Mrs Ross

  22. 1968
    Broaden Your Mind

    TV show

  23. 1968
    Horizontal Hold

    Movie Jane Hills

  24. 1967
    ITV Playhouse

    TV show Mrs. Brown