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Jo Kendall

Cast & creator

Jo Kendall

1940-02-17 (died at 81) Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UKIMDb

Best known for Emmerdale, Peak Practice, The Bill

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

12

film credits

Series

30

television credits

Career

42

1967–1999 · acting roles

Credit score

6.9

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Emmerdale

Emmerdale

Peggy Skilbeck · 1972

Peak Practice

Peak Practice

Rose Godfrey · 1993

The Bill

The Bill

Acting · 1984

Grange Hill

Grange Hill

Mrs. Browning · 1978

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

Mrs. Brown · 1967

Across film & television

Filmography (42)

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Showing 42 of 42 credits

Emmerdale

Emmerdale

Peggy Skilbeck

Peak Practice

Peak Practice

Rose Godfrey

The Bill

The Bill

Grange Hill

Grange Hill

Mrs. Browning

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

Mrs. Brown

Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole of the Bailey

Castle Guide

Angels

Angels

The New Avengers

The New Avengers

Nurse

Shine on Harvey Moon

Shine on Harvey Moon

Mrs. Fairweather

The Goodies

The Goodies

The Queen (voice)

In Sickness and in Health

In Sickness and in Health

Woman on Phone

The Brittas Empire

The Brittas Empire

Mrs Dapping

The Pallisers

The Pallisers

Adelaide Palliser

Man About the House

Man About the House

Podge Randall

The Remains of the Day

The Remains of the Day

Publican's wife

The Edwardians

The Edwardians

Vesta Victoria

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Anne Stanhope

Fortunes of War

Fortunes of War

Landlady

The Regiment

The Regiment

Oliver's Travels

Oliver's Travels

Bus Lady

Howards End

Howards End

Annie

Sinister Street

Sinister Street

Mrs Ross

Sinister Street

Sinister Street

Miss Carthew

At Last the 1948 Show

At Last the 1948 Show

The Uninvited

The Uninvited

Scum

Scum

Matron

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

Charlotte Palmer

The Good Companions

The Good Companions

Mrs. Joe

The Organization

The Organization

Daphne

Bridge of Dragons

Bridge of Dragons

Lily

Point Counter Point

Point Counter Point

Beatrice Gilray

Broaden Your Mind

Marlene Marlowe Investigates

James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach

Glow-Worm / American Woman

Mrs. Silly

Mrs. Silly

Mrs. Lyng

The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?

Mrs. Brown

A Sudden Wrench

A Sudden Wrench

Frank's wife

Star Quality

Linda Copeland

The Cuckoo Sister

Elizabeth Wait

Horizontal Hold

Jane Hills

Treasure Island

Treasure Island

Sarah Hawkins

The Unvarnished Truth

The Unvarnished Truth

Mrs. Stuart-Dubonnet