Actor
Jo Kendall
Born February 17, 1940 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UKDied January 29, 202212 films
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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First watchThe Remains of the Day19937.4as Publican's wifeA rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
12 films as actor- 1999Bridge of DragonsLily
- 1993The Remains of the DayPublican's wife
- 1992Howards EndAnnie
- 1985Star QualityLinda Copeland
- 1983Mrs. SillyMrs. Lyng
- 1983The Unvarnished TruthMrs. Stuart-Dubonnet
- 1982A Sudden WrenchFrank's wife
- 1979ScumMatron
- 1979The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?Mrs. Brown
- 1977Treasure IslandSarah Hawkins
- 1976James and the Giant PeachGlow-Worm / American Woman
- 1968Horizontal HoldJane Hills