Birthday: Dec 07, 1943
Place of Birth: Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

Sue Johnston

Susan Johnston, OBE (née Wright; born 7 December 1943) is an English actress known for playing Sheila Grant in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside (1982–1990), Barbara Royle in the BBC comedy The Royle Family (1998–2000, 2006, 2008–2010, 2012), Grace Foley in the BBC drama Waking the Dead (2000–2011), Gloria Price in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2012–2014) and Miss Denker in the ITV drama Downton Abbey (2014–2015). She won the 2000 British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actress and was nominated for the 2000 BAFTA TV Award for Best Comedy Performance for The Royle Family.

Filmography

Movie	Cast	Year
Imagine Me & You	Ella	2006
Help	Gloria	2021
Preaching to the Perverted	Esmeralda	1997
David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star	Narrator	2020
Brassed Off	Vera	1996
Face	Alice	1997
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story	Self	2021
The Turn of the Screw	Sarah Grose	2009
Downton Abbey: A New Era	Gladys Denker	2022
Bilby	Nancy	1970
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy	Self	2023
The Big Snow of '47	Self - Narrator (voice)	2024
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It	Narrator (voice)	2009
500 Miles North	Stein	2014
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll		1999
Lapland	Eileen Lewis	2011
Brookside: The Lost Weekend	Sheila Grant	1997
Brookside: Friday the 13th	Sheila Grant	1998
Golden Years	Nancy	2016
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next	Self - Narrator	2017
Caring for the Recently Deceased	Marjoram Bryon	2014
Downton Abbey 3	Gladys Denker	2025
Measure for Measure	Mistress Overdone	1994
The Cockfields Christmas Special		1970
New Year's Day	Mrs. Fisher	2000
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves	Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)	2016
Walk Like a Panther	Gladys	2018
Score	Maggie	2001
Death on the Tyne	Colleen	2018
Bitter Harvest	Miriam Johnson	1992
Diana and the Paparazzi	Narrator (voice)	2017
Barbara's Old Ring	Barbara Royle	2012
The New Sofa	Barbara Royle	2008
The Cure	Bella Bailey	2019
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys	Self	2016
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One	Self	2015
The Queen of Sheba	Barbara Royle	2006
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds	Pat Phoenix	1998
Joe's Crackers	Barbara	2010
The Golden Egg Cup	Barbara Royle	2009
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa	Self	2010
The Virgin Mary	Self - Presenter	2002
Series	Cast	Year
Jam and Jerusalem	Sal Vine	2006
The One Show	Self - Guest	2006
Brookside	Sheila Grant	1982
Strictly Come Dancing	Self	2004
Today	Self	1952
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll	Irma	1999
A Touch of Frost	Phyllis Bowman	1992
Crime Traveller		1997
The Paul O'Grady Show		2004
Inspector Morse	Mrs. Bailey	1987
Who Do You Think You Are?	Self	2004
The Royle Family	Barbara Royle	1998
Waking the Dead	Dr. Grace Foley	2001
Luv		1993
Little Dorrit		2008
The Alan Titchmarsh Show	Self	2007
The Street		2006
Medics		1990
Cutting It	Caroline Ferraday	2002
Duck Patrol	Val Rutland	1998
A Passionate Woman	Betty (1980s)	2010
Baby Hospital		2011
Timeshift	Self - Narrator	2002
Sugartown		2011
The Jump	Maeve Brunos	1998
Performance	Mistress Overdone	1991
Would I Lie to You?	Self	2007
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule	Self	2017
Rovers	Doreen	2016
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates	Helga Allowby	1996
Downton Abbey	Miss Denker	2010
Gates	Miss Hunter	2012
Generation Z	Cecily	2024
Being Eileen	Eileen Lewis	2013
Age Before Beauty	Ivy-Rae Regan	2018
Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors	Narrator	2021
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip	Self - Participant	2011
My Uncle Silas	Mrs. Betts	2001
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two	Herself	2024
Full Stretch	Grace Robbins	1993
The Cockfields	Sue	2019
Truelove	Marion	2024
Loose Women	Self	1999
The Responder	Madge	2022
Time	June Cobden	2021
Parkinson	Self	1998
DNA Journey	Self	2019
Taskmaster	Self	2015

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