Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 7, 1943
Place of Birth:
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Sue Johnston
Biography
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
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Generation Z | Cecily |
| 2024 | Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two | Herself |
| 2024 | Truelove | Marion |
| 2022 | The Responder | Madge |
| 2021 | Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors | Narrator |
| 2021 | Time | June Cobden |
| 2019 | The Cockfields | Sue |
| 2019 | DNA Journey | Self |
| 2018 | Age Before Beauty | Ivy-Rae Regan |
| 2017 | Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule | Self |
| 2016 | Rovers | Doreen |
| 2013 | Being Eileen | Eileen Lewis |
| 2012 | Gates | Miss Hunter |
| 2011 | Baby Hospital | |
| 2011 | Sugartown | |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self - Participant |
| 2010 | A Passionate Woman | Betty (1980s) |
| 2010 | Downton Abbey | Miss Denker |
| 2008 | Little Dorrit | |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Self |
| 2007 | Would I Lie to You? | Self |
| 2006 | Jam and Jerusalem | Sal Vine |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self - Guest |
| 2006 | The Street | |
| 2004 | Strictly Come Dancing | Self |
| 2004 | The Paul O'Grady Show | |
| 2004 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self |
| 2002 | Cutting It | Caroline Ferraday |
| 2002 | Timeshift | Self - Narrator |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | Dr. Grace Foley |
| 2001 | My Uncle Silas | Mrs. Betts |
| 1999 | Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll | Irma |
| 1999 | Loose Women | Self |
| 1999 | Finest Hour | Commentary |
| 1998 | The Royle Family | Barbara Royle |
| 1998 | Duck Patrol | Val Rutland |
| 1998 | The Jump | Maeve Brunos |
| 1998 | Parkinson | Self |
| 1997 | Crime Traveller | |
| 1996 | Hetty Wainthropp Investigates | Helga Allowby |
| 1993 | Luv | |
| 1993 | Full Stretch | Grace Robbins |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost | Phyllis Bowman |
| 1991 | Performance | Mistress Overdone |
| 1990 | Medics | |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Mrs. Bailey |
| 1982 | Brookside | Sheila Grant |
| 1952 | Today | Self |