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.
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- Born:
- Dec 7, 1943 In Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 86
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Bilby
- Latest Project:
- Movie Downton Abbey 3 2025-09-10
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Bilby | Nancy | 2025 |
| Movie | The Cockfields Christmas Special | Unknown | 2025 |
| Series | Generation Z | Cecily | 2025 |
| Movie | Downton Abbey 3 | Gladys Denker | 2025-09-10 |
| Movie | The Big Snow of '47 | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2024-01-01 |
| Series | Truelove | Marion | 2024-01-03 |
| Series | Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two | Herself | 2024-03-19 |
| Movie | Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy | Self | 2023-12-25 |
| Movie | Downton Abbey: A New Era | Gladys Denker | 2022-04-27 |
| Series | The Responder | Madge | 2022-01-24 |
| Series | Time | June Cobden | 2021-06-06 |
| Movie | Help | Gloria | 2021-09-16 |
| Series | Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors | Narrator | 2021-06-24 |
| Movie | Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story | Self | 2021-11-29 |
| Movie | David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star | Narrator | 2020-12-21 |
| Movie | The Cure | Bella Bailey | 2019-12-19 |
| Series | The Cockfields | Sue | 2019-11-12 |
| Movie | Walk Like a Panther | Gladys | 2018-03-09 |
| Movie | Death on the Tyne | Colleen | 2018-12-15 |
| Series | Age Before Beauty | Ivy-Rae Regan | 2018-07-31 |
| Movie | Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next | Self - Narrator | 2017-02-28 |
| Series | Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule | Self | 2017-03-02 |
| Movie | Diana and the Paparazzi | Narrator (voice) | 2017-08-17 |
| Movie | British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves | Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2016-09-12 |
| Movie | Golden Years | Nancy | 2016-04-29 |
| Movie | World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys | Self | 2016-05-22 |
| Series | Rovers | Doreen | 2016-05-24 |
| Movie | The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One | Self | 2015-11-11 |
| Movie | 500 Miles North | Stein | 2014-01-01 |
| Movie | Caring for the Recently Deceased | Marjoram Bryon | 2014-07-28 |
| Series | Being Eileen | Eileen Lewis | 2013-02-04 |
| Series | Gates | Miss Hunter | 2012-08-14 |
| Movie | Barbara's Old Ring | Barbara Royle | 2012-12-25 |
| Movie | Lapland | Eileen Lewis | 2011-12-24 |
| Series | Baby Hospital | Unknown | 2011-06-14 |
| Series | Sugartown | Unknown | 2011-07-24 |
| Series | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self - Participant | 2011-10-24 |
| Series | A Passionate Woman | Betty (1980s) | 2010-04-11 |
| Movie | Joe's Crackers | Barbara | 2010-12-25 |
| Movie | The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa | Self | 2010-11-10 |
| Series | Downton Abbey | Miss Denker | 2010-09-26 |
| Movie | Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It | Narrator (voice) | 2009-05-27 |
| Movie | The Turn of the Screw | Sarah Grose | 2009-12-30 |
| Movie | The Golden Egg Cup | Barbara Royle | 2009-12-25 |
| Movie | The New Sofa | Barbara Royle | 2008-12-25 |
| Series | Little Dorrit | 2008-10-26 | |
| Series | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Self | 2007-09-03 |
| Series | Would I Lie to You? | Self | 2007-06-16 |
| Series | The Street | Unknown | 2006-04-13 |
| Movie | Imagine Me & You | Ella | 2006-01-27 |
| Series | The One Show | Self - Guest | 2006-08-14 |
| Series | Jam & Jerusalem | Sal Vine | 2006-11-24 |
| Movie | The Queen of Sheba | Barbara Royle | 2006-10-29 |
| Series | Strictly Come Dancing | Self | 2004-05-15 |
| Series | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | 2004-10-12 |
| Series | The Paul O'Grady Show | Unknown | 2004-10-11 |
| Series | Timeshift | Self - Narrator | 2002-10-10 |
| Series | Cutting It | Caroline Ferraday | 2002-04-16 |
| Series | My Uncle Silas | Mrs. Betts | 2001-10-28 |
| Movie | Score | Maggie | 2001-06-05 |
| Series | Waking the Dead | Dr. Grace Foley | 2001-06-18 |
| Movie | New Year's Day | Mrs. Fisher | 2000-01-01 |
| Series | Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll | Irma | 1999-09-05 |
| Movie | Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll | Unknown | 1999-09-05 |
| Series | Loose Women | Self | 1999-09-06 |
| Movie | The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds | Pat Phoenix | 1998-08-30 |
| Series | Duck Patrol | Val Rutland | 1998-07-19 |
| Series | The Jump | Maeve Brunos | 1998-09-06 |
| Movie | Brookside: Friday the 13th | Sheila Grant | 1998-11-14 |
| Series | The Royle Family | Barbara Royle | 1998-09-14 |
| Series | Crime Traveller | Unknown | 1997-03-01 |
| Movie | Face | Alice | 1997-09-26 |
| Movie | Brookside: The Lost Weekend | Sheila Grant | 1997-11-15 |
| Movie | Preaching to the Perverted | Esmeralda | 1997-07-04 |
| Series | Hetty Wainthropp Investigates | Helga Allowby | 1996-01-03 |
| Movie | Brassed Off | Vera | 1996-11-01 |
| Movie | Measure for Measure | Mistress Overdone | 1994-11-05 |
| Series | Full Stretch | Grace Robbins | 1993-01-05 |
| Series | Luv | 1993-03-09 | |
| Movie | Bitter Harvest | Miriam Johnson | 1992-07-22 |
| Series | A Touch of Frost | Phyllis Bowman | 1992-12-06 |
| Series | Performance | Mistress Overdone | 1991-02-22 |
| Series | Medics | Unknown | 1990-11-14 |
| Series | Inspector Morse | Mrs. Bailey | 1987-01-06 |
| Series | Brookside | Sheila Grant | 1982-11-02 |
| Series | Today | Self | 1952-01-14 |