Sue Johnston
December 7, 1943 (81 years old) 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Truelove as Marion
- 2022 · Downton Abbey: A New Era as Gladys Denker
- 2022 · The Responder as Madge
- 2021 · Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story as Self
- 2021 · Help as Gloria
- 2021 · Time as June Cobden
- 2019 · The Cure as Bella Bailey
- 2018 · Death on the Tyne as Colleen
- 2018 · Walk Like a Panther as Gladys
- 2016 · Golden Years as Nancy
- 2015 · The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One as Self
- 2014 · Caring for the Recently Deceased as Marjoram Bryon
- 2011 · Lapland as Eileen Lewis
- 2011 · Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
- 2010 · Downton Abbey as Miss Denker
- 2009 · The Turn of the Screw as Sarah Grose
- 2008 · Little Dorrit as Affery / Affery Flintwinch
- 2007 · The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
- 2007 · Would I Lie to You? as Self
- 2006 · The Street as
- 2006 · Imagine Me & You as Ella
- 2005 · Liverpool FC: One Night in May as
- 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2004 · The Paul O'Grady Show as
- 2004 · Strictly Come Dancing as Self
- 2002 · Timeshift as Self - Narrator
- 2002 · Cutting It as Caroline Ferraday
- 2001 · Waking the Dead as Dr. Grace Foley
- 2000 · New Year's Day as Mrs. Fisher
- 1999 · Loose Women as Self
- 1999 · Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll as
- 1998 · Brookside: Friday the 13th as Sheila Grant
- 1998 · The Royle Family as Barbara Royle
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · Face as Alice
- 1997 · Preaching to the Perverted as Esmeralda
- 1996 · Brassed Off as Vera
- 1996 · Hetty Wainthropp Investigates as Helga Allowby
- 1995 · Hollyoaks as Sheila Grant
- 1994 · Measure for Measure as Mistress Overdone
- 1992 · A Touch of Frost as Phyllis Bowman
- 1992 · Bitter Harvest as Miriam Johnson
- 1991 · Performance as Mistress Overdone
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Mrs. Bailey
- 1982 · Brookside as Sheila Grant
- Future · Bilby as Nancy
- 2025 · Dexter Procter as Granny Bet
- 2025 · Big Winners as Edith Thistle
- 2024 · Generation Z as Cecily
- 2024 · Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two as Herself
- 2024 · The Big Snow of '47 as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy as Self
- 2023 · Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family as Barbara Royle (archive footage)
- 2023 · The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa as Self / Barbara Royle (archive footage)
- 2021 · Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors as Narrator
- 2021 · Taskmaster’s New Year Treat as Self
- 2020 · David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star as Narrator
- 2019 · The Cockfields as Sue
- 2019 · DNA Journey as Self
- 2018 · Age Before Beauty as Ivy-Rae Regan
- 2017 · Diana and the Paparazzi as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story as Narrator
- 2017 · Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule as Self
- 2017 · Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next as Self - Narrator
- 2016 · British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves as Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2016 · Rovers as Doreen
- 2016 · World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys as Self
- 2013 · Being Eileen as Eileen Lewis
- 2012 · Barbara's Old Ring as Barbara Royle
- 2012 · Gates as Miss Hunter
- 2011 · Sugartown as
- 2011 · Baby Hospital as
- 2010 · Joe's Crackers as Barbara
- 2010 · The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa as Self
- 2010 · A Passionate Woman as Betty (1980s)
- 2009 · The Golden Egg Cup as Barbara Royle
- 2009 · Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It as Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · The New Sofa as Barbara Royle
- 2006 · Jam and Jerusalem as Sal Vine
- 2002 · The Virgin Mary as Self - Presenter
- 2001 · My Uncle Silas as Mrs. Betts
- 2001 · Score as Maggie
- 1999 · Finest Hour as Commentary
- 1999 · Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll as Irma
- 1998 · The Jump as Maeve Brunos
- 1998 · The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds as Pat Phoenix
- 1998 · Duck Patrol as Val Rutland
- 1997 · Brookside: The Lost Weekend as Sheila Grant
- 1997 · Crime Traveller as
- 1993 · Luv as
- 1993 · Full Stretch as Grace Robbins
- 1990 · Medics as
- 1952 · Today as Self