
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).

Peak Practice
TV • 1993

Emmerdale
TV • 1972

Grange Hill
TV • 1978

The Bill
TV • 1984

Rumpole of the Bailey
TV • 1975

The New Avengers
TV • 1976

Angels
TV • 1975

The Goodies
TV • 1970

Shine on Harvey Moon
TV • 1982

The Pallisers
TV • 1974

The Edwardians
TV • 1972

The Brittas Empire
TV • 1991

In Sickness and in Health
TV • 1985

Man About the House
TV • 1973

The Regiment
TV • 1972

Fortunes of War
TV • 1987

The Six Wives of Henry VIII
TV • 1970

The Remains of the Day
MOVIE • 1993