Sue Johnston

Sue Johnston

Date of Birth:

Dec 07, 1943

Place of Birth:

Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

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:

Score Score

2001

Death on the Tyne Death on the Tyne

2018

Bitter Harvest Bitter Harvest

1992

Diana and the Paparazzi Diana and the Paparazzi

2017

Walk Like a Panther Walk Like a Panther

2018

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

2016

Measure for Measure Measure for Measure

1994

The Cockfields Christmas Special The Cockfields Christmas Special

1970

New Year's Day New Year's Day

2000

Barbara's Old Ring Barbara's Old Ring

2012

The New Sofa The New Sofa

2008

Joe's Crackers Joe's Crackers

2010

The Golden Egg Cup The Golden Egg Cup

2009

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

2010

The Virgin Mary The Virgin Mary

2002

The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds

1998

The Queen of Sheba The Queen of Sheba

2006

The Cure The Cure

2019

World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys

2016

The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One

2015

Downton Abbey 3 Downton Abbey 3

2025

Caring for the Recently Deceased Caring for the Recently Deceased

2014

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story

2021

The Turn of the Screw The Turn of the Screw

2009

Downton Abbey: A New Era Downton Abbey: A New Era

2022

Bilby Bilby

1970

Face Face

1997

Brassed Off Brassed Off

1996

Help Help

2021

Preaching to the Perverted Preaching to the Perverted

1997

David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star

2020

Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy

2023

The Big Snow of '47 The Big Snow of '47

2024

Brookside: Friday the 13th Brookside: Friday the 13th

1998

Golden Years Golden Years

2016

Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next

2017

Brookside: The Lost Weekend Brookside: The Lost Weekend

1997

Lapland Lapland

2011

Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It

2009

500 Miles North 500 Miles North

2014

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

1999

Imagine Me & You Imagine Me & You

2006

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