Acting credits
33
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Jo Kendall
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.3
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Movies: 11Series: 22
TMDB ID: 54446
IMDb ID: nm0447601
Known for: Acting
Born: February 17, 1940
Died: January 29, 2022
Age: 81
Place of birth: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1967 - 1999
Years active: 33
Average TMDB rating: 6.59
Wikidata: Q1400506
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).
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jo Kendall.
5.5
Bridge of Dragons
as Lily
1999 Movie
7.4
The Remains of the Day
as Publican's wife
1993 Movie
7.0
Howards End
as Annie
1992 Movie
5.0
Star Quality
as Linda Copeland
1985 Movie
10.0
Mrs. Silly
as Mrs. Lyng
1983 Movie
6.0
The Unvarnished Truth
as Mrs. Stuart-Dubonnet
1983 Movie
A Sudden Wrench
as Frank's wife
1982 Movie
7.1
Scum
as Matron
1979 Movie
Building Sites Bite
as Mum
1978 Movie
Treasure Island
as Sarah Hawkins
1977 Movie
6.0
James and the Giant Peach
as Glow-Worm / American Woman
1976 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jo Kendall.
6.0
The Uninvited
4 eps
1997 Series
6.1
Peak Practice
as Rose Godfrey • 1 eps
1993 Series
6.5
The Brittas Empire
as Mrs Dapping • 2 eps
1991 Series
6.1
Fortunes of War
as Landlady • 1 eps
1987 Series
7.8
In Sickness and in Health
as Woman on Phone • 1 eps
1985 Series
6.7
The Bill
2 eps
1984 Series
7.6
Shine on Harvey Moon
as Mrs. Fairweather • 1 eps
1982 Series
The Good Companions
as Mrs. Joe • 9 eps
1980 Series
6.7
Grange Hill
as Mrs. Browning • 3 eps
1978 Series
7.0
The New Avengers
as Nurse • 1 eps
1976 Series
6.9
Rumpole of the Bailey
1 eps
1975 Series
3.7
Angels
2 eps
1975 Series
6.7
The Pallisers
as Adelaide Palliser • 4 eps
1974 Series
7.1
Man About the House
as Podge Randall • 1 eps
1973 Series
5.7
The Edwardians
as Vesta Victoria • 1 eps
1972 Series
4.2
Emmerdale
as Peggy Skilbeck • 20 eps
1972 Series
1.0
The Regiment
1 eps
1972 Series
5.5
Sense and Sensibility
as Charlotte Palmer • 3 eps
1971 Series
7.5
The Goodies
as The Queen (voice) • 1 eps
1970 Series
8.1
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
as Anne Stanhope • 1 eps
1970 Series
Sinister Street
as Mrs Ross • 6 eps
1969 Series
7.4
At Last the 1948 Show
13 eps
1967 Series