Jo Kendall
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 17, 1940
- Place of birth
- Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
- Died
- January 29, 2022
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 with Jo Kendall
- The Remains of the Day 1993 · ★ 7.4
- Howards End 1992 · ★ 7.0
- Scum 1979 · ★ 7.1
- Bridge of Dragons 1999 · ★ 5.6
- Star Quality 1985 · ★ 6.7
- James and the Giant Peach 1976 · ★ 6.0
- Mrs. Silly 1983 · ★ 10.0
- The Unvarnished Truth 1983 · ★ 6.0
- Horizontal Hold 1968
- The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False? 1979
- A Sudden Wrench 1982
- Treasure Island 1977