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).
TV credits
Rated 6.5 out of 10
The Uninvited
1997
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Marlene Marlowe Investigates
1993
Rated 6.5 out of 10
Peak Practice
1993
Rated 6.6 out of 10
The Brittas Empire
1991
Rated 6.3 out of 10
Fortunes of War
1987
Rated 8.1 out of 10
In Sickness and in Health
1985
Rated 6.8 out of 10
The Bill
1984
Rated 7.7 out of 10
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982
Rated 9.0 out of 10
The Good Companions
1980
Rated 6.7 out of 10
Grange Hill
1978
Rated 7.1 out of 10
The New Avengers
1976
Rated 7.1 out of 10
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
Rated 4.5 out of 10
Angels
1975
Rated 6.4 out of 10
The Pallisers
1974
Rated 7.1 out of 10
Man About the House
1973
Rated 6.2 out of 10
The Edwardians
1972
Rated 4.3 out of 10
Emmerdale
1972
Rated 8.5 out of 10
The Organization
1972
Rated 4.5 out of 10
The Regiment
1972
Rated 6.3 out of 10
Sense and Sensibility
1971
Rated 7.6 out of 10
The Goodies
1970
Rated 8.1 out of 10
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970
Rated 8.0 out of 10
Sinister Street
1969
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Broaden Your Mind
1968