Jo Kendall

Jo Kendall

Acting
Born 1940-02-17 Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK 8 credit(s) Popularity 0.2
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...
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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).

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Peak Practice poster
Peak Practice
as Rose Godfrey
1993-05-10
Grange Hill poster
Grange Hill
as Mrs. Browning
1978-02-08
Rumpole of the Bailey poster
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975-12-17
Emmerdale poster
Emmerdale
as Peggy Skilbeck
1972-10-16
The Goodies poster
The Goodies
as The Queen (voice)
1970-11-08
ITV Playhouse poster
ITV Playhouse
as Mrs. Brown
1967-09-25

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