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).
Known for
- Emmerdale (1972)
- The Bill (1984)
- Grange Hill (1978)
- Peak Practice (1993)
- ITV Playhouse (1967)
- Angels (1975)
- Rumpole of the Bailey (1975)
- The Goodies (1970)
- The New Avengers (1976)
- The Brittas Empire (1991)
- In Sickness and in Health (1985)
- Shine on Harvey Moon (1982)
- Man About the House (1973)
- The Pallisers (1974)
- The Remains of the Day (1993)
- The Edwardians (1972)
- The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970)
- Fortunes of War (1987)
- Howards End (1992)
- At Last the 1948 Show (1967)