Sue Johnston
Actor
Born December 7, 1943 in 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
Welcome to Borovia
Matrashka
Stuffed
Lily
Fackham Hall
Great Aunt Bonaparte
Dexter Procter
Granny Bet
Big Winners
Edith Thistle
Play for Today
Edith Thistle
Generation Z
Cecily
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
Herself
Truelove
Marion
The Big Snow of '47
Self - Narrator (voice)
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
Self
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
Barbara Royle (archive footage)
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
Self / Barbara Royle (archive footage)
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Gladys Denker
The Responder
Madge
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
Self
Help
Gloria
Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors
Narrator
Time
June Cobden
Taskmaster’s New Year Treat
Self
The Cure
Bella Bailey
The Cockfields
Sue
DNA Journey
Self
Celebrity Gogglebox
Death on the Tyne
Colleen
Age Before Beauty
Ivy-Rae Regan
Walk Like a Panther
Gladys
Diana and the Paparazzi
Narrator (voice)
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
Narrator
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
Self
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
Self - Narrator
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rovers
Doreen
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
Self
Golden Years
Nancy
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
Self
Being Eileen
Eileen Lewis
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
Barbara Royle
Gates
Miss Hunter
Lapland
Eileen Lewis
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
Sugartown
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
Barbara
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Self
Downton Abbey
Miss Denker
A Passionate Woman
Betty (1980s)
The Turn of the Screw
Sarah Grose
The Golden Egg Cup
Barbara Royle
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
Barbara Royle
Little Dorrit
Affery / Affery Flintwinch
Would I Lie to You?
Self
Jam and Jerusalem
Sal Vine
The Street
Imagine Me & You
Ella
Liverpool FC: One Night in May
Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
The Paul O'Grady Show
Strictly Come Dancing
Self
The Virgin Mary
Self - Presenter
Timeshift
Self - Narrator
There's Only One Paul McCartney
Self
Cutting It
Caroline Ferraday
New Year's Day
Mrs. Fisher
My Uncle Silas
Mrs Betts
Waking the Dead
Dr. Grace Foley
Finest Hour
Commentary
Loose Women
Self
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
Irma
The Royle Family
Barbara Royle
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
Pat Phoenix
Duck Patrol
Val Rutland
Parkinson
Self
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
Sheila Grant
Face
Alice
Preaching to the Perverted
Esmeralda
Crime Traveller
Detective Chief Inspector Kate Grisham
Brassed Off
Vera
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Helga Allowby
Hollyoaks
Sheila Grant
Measure for Measure
Mistress Overdone
A Touch of Frost
Phyllis Bowman
Bitter Harvest
Miriam Johnson
Goodbye Cruel World
Barbara Grade
Performance
Mistress Overdone
In Suspicious Circumstances
Edith Rosse
Medics
Inspector Morse
Mrs. Bailey
ScreenPlay
Miriam Johnson
Brookside
Sheila Grant
Today
Self