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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 17, 1940
Died
January 29, 2022
Place of Birth
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Jo Kendall
0.2 Popularity
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).
Known For
5.5
Lily
Bridge of Dragons
1999
6.0
The Uninvited
1997
7.4
Publican's wife
The Remains of the Day
1993
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0.0
Marlene Marlowe Investigates
1993
6.1
Rose Godfrey
Peak Practice
1993
7.0
Annie
Howards End
1992
6.5
Mrs Dapping
The Brittas Empire
1991
6.1
Landlady
Fortunes of War
1987
5.0
Linda Copeland
Star Quality
1985
7.8
Woman on Phone
In Sickness and in Health
1985
Credits
Bridge of Dragons
as Lily
1999
5.5
The Uninvited
1997
6.0
The Remains of the Day
as Publican's wife
1993
7.4
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Marlene Marlowe Investigates
1993
0.0
Peak Practice
as Rose Godfrey
1993
6.1
Howards End
as Annie
1992
7.0
The Brittas Empire
as Mrs Dapping
1991
6.5
Fortunes of War
as Landlady
1987
6.1
Star Quality
as Linda Copeland
1985
5.0
In Sickness and in Health
as Woman on Phone
1985
7.8
The Bill
1984
6.7
Mrs. Silly
as Mrs. Lyng
1983
10.0
The Unvarnished Truth
as Mrs. Stuart-Dubonnet
1983
6.0
A Sudden Wrench
as Frank's wife
1982
0.0
Shine on Harvey Moon
as Mrs. Fairweather
1982
7.6
The Good Companions
as Mrs. Joe
1980
0.0
Scum
as Matron
1979
7.1
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The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
as Mrs. Brown
1979
0.0
Grange Hill
as Mrs. Browning
1978
6.7
Building Sites Bite
as Mum
1978
0.0
Treasure Island
as Sarah Hawkins
1977
0.0
James and the Giant Peach
as Glow-Worm / American Woman
1976
6.0
The New Avengers
as Nurse
1976
7.0
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
6.9
Angels
1975
3.7
Man About the House
as Podge Randall
1973
7.1
The Edwardians
as Vesta Victoria
1972
5.7
Emmerdale
as Peggy Skilbeck
1972
4.2
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The Regiment
1972
1.0
Sense and Sensibility
as Charlotte Palmer
1971
5.5
The Goodies
as The Queen (voice)
1970
7.5
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
as Anne Stanhope
1970
8.1
Sinister Street
as Mrs Ross
1969
0.0
Sinister Street
as Miss Carthew
1969
0.0
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Broaden Your Mind
1968
5.5
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Horizontal Hold
as Jane Hills
1968
0.0
At Last the 1948 Show
1967
7.4