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Sue Johnston

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 Act

Born

Dec 07, 1943

Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

Known For

Acting

Movies

48 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.0

Known For

Downton Abbey: A New Era
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022 • as Gladys Denker
★ 7.2
Imagine Me & You
Imagine Me & You
2006 • as Ella
★ 7.6
Fackham Hall
Fackham Hall
2025 • as Great Aunt Bonaparte
★ 6.6
Brassed Off
Brassed Off
1996 • as Vera
★ 7.0
Death on the Tyne
Death on the Tyne
2018 • as Colleen
★ 5.8
Preaching to the Perverted
Preaching to the Perverted
1997 • as Esmeralda
★ 6.1
Face
Face
1997 • as Alice
★ 6.3
Golden Years
Golden Years
2016 • as Nancy
★ 6.3
The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw
2009 • as Sarah Grose
★ 4.8
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
2023 • as Self / Barbara Royle (archive footage)
Walk Like a Panther
Walk Like a Panther
2018 • as Gladys
★ 6.2
Help
Help
2021 • as Gloria
★ 7.1
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016 • as Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 5.7
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
★ 8.4
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
2008 • as Barbara Royle
★ 7.7
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
2012 • as Barbara Royle
★ 7.0
The Broken Arrow
The Broken Arrow
2027 • as Mrs. Barnes
Welcome to Borovia
Welcome to Borovia
2026 • as Matrashka
★ 5.0
movie
Caring for the Recently Deceased
2014 • as Marjoram Bryon
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
★ 8.0
Bitter Harvest
Bitter Harvest
1992 • as Miriam Johnson
New Year's Day
New Year's Day
2001 • as Mrs. Fisher
★ 5.3
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
★ 6.4
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
★ 7.0
The Big Snow of '47
The Big Snow of '47
2024 • as Self - Narrator (voice)
There's Only One Paul McCartney
★ 8.0
The Golden Egg Cup
The Golden Egg Cup
2009 • as Barbara Royle
★ 8.0
Stuffed
Stuffed
2025 • as Lily
★ 6.0
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
1997 • as Sheila Grant
★ 7.6
Lapland
Lapland
2011 • as Eileen Lewis
Measure for Measure
Measure for Measure
1994 • as Mistress Overdone
★ 3.3
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
2009 • as Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 7.0
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
2023 • as Barbara Royle (archive footage)
★ 8.5
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
2017 • as Self - Narrator
Diana and the Paparazzi
Diana and the Paparazzi
2017 • as Narrator (voice)
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
★ 7.2
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
★ 9.0
The Cure
The Cure
2019 • as Bella Bailey
★ 7.5
Big Winners
Big Winners
2025 • as Edith Thistle
movie
Brookside: Friday the 13th
1998 • as Sheila Grant
★ 5.5
movie
Score
2001 • as Maggie
★ 7.0
movie
Bilby
• as Nancy
The Virgin Mary
The Virgin Mary
2002 • as Self - Presenter