Jo Kendall
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).
Howards End
(Annie)
James and the Giant Peach
(Glow-Worm / American Woman)
Star Quality
(Linda Copeland)
Building Sites Bite
(Mum)
Horizontal Hold
(Jane Hills)
The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
(Mrs. Brown)
The Remains of the Day
(Publican's wife)
Scum
(Matron)
A Sudden Wrench
(Frank's wife)
Bridge of Dragons
(Lily)
Mrs. Silly
(Mrs. Lyng)
The Unvarnished Truth
(Mrs. Stuart-Dubonnet)
Treasure Island
(Sarah Hawkins)
At Last the 1948 Show
The Brittas Empire
(Mrs Dapping)
The Uninvited
The Bill
The Goodies
(The Queen (voice))
Rumpole of the Bailey
Broaden Your Mind
Marlene Marlowe Investigates
Shine on Harvey Moon
(Mrs. Fairweather)
The New Avengers
(Nurse)
Angels
The Pallisers
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
(Anne Stanhope)
The Regiment
Peak Practice
(Rose Godfrey)
Grange Hill
(Mrs. Browning)
The Good Companions
(Mrs. Joe)
Emmerdale
(Peggy Skilbeck)
Sinister Street
(Mrs. Ross)
Sense and Sensibility
(Charlotte Palmer)
In Sickness and in Health
(Woman on Phone)
Man About the House
(Podge Randall)
Fortunes of War
(Landlady)
The Edwardians
(Vesta Victoria)