Sue Johnston

Actress

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.

Born: December 7, 1943 (Age 80) in Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

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Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Imagine Me & You Movie Available on 25 streaming services.	6.9	Actress	Ella	2006
New Year's Day Movie	6	Actress	Mrs. Fisher	2001
Golden Years Movie Available on 28 streaming services.	6.3	Actress	Nancy	2016
Preaching to the Perverted Movie Available on 18 streaming services.	5.9	Actress	Esmeralda	1997
500 Miles North Movie	8.3	Actress	Stein	2014
Walk Like a Panther Movie	5.2	Actress	Gladys	2018
Brassed Off Movie Available on 22 streaming services.	7.4	Actress	Vera	1996
Face Movie	6.7	Actress	Alice	1997
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	7.2	Actress	Self	2021
Bitter Harvest Movie		Actress	Miriam Johnson	1992
Measure for Measure Movie	7.5	Actress	Mistress Overdone	1994
Brookside: The Lost Weekend Movie	7.3	Actress	Sheila Grant	1997
Brookside: Friday the 13th Movie	7	Actress	Sheila Grant	1998
The New Sofa Movie	7.5	Actress	Barbara Royle	2008
The Golden Egg Cup Movie	7.6	Actress	Barbara Royle	2009
Joe's Crackers Movie	7.1	Actress	Barbara	2010
Barbara's Old Ring Movie	6.4	Actress	Barbara Royle	2012
Downton Abbey: A New Era Movie Available on 15 streaming services.	7.6	Actress	Gladys Denker	2022
Bilby Movie		Actress	Nancy	2022
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy Movie		Actress	Self
The Big Snow of '47 Movie		Actress	Self - Narrator (voice)
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two Movie		Actress	Self
Gates TV Show	5.9	Actress	Miss Hunter 5 Episodes	2012-2012
Sugartown TV Show	7.2	Actress	3 Episodes	2011
Being Eileen TV Show	6.8	Actress	Eileen Lewis 6 Episodes	2011
The Royle Family TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	8	Actress	Barbara Royle 20 Episodes	1998-2012
The One Show TV Show	3.4	Actress	Self - Guest 1 Episode	2006
Who Do You Think You Are? TV Show	8.2	Actress	Self 1 Episode	2004
Waking the Dead TV Show Available on 9 streaming services.	7.7	Actress	Dr. Grace Foley 91 Episodes	2001-2011
Luv TV Show	8.1	Actress	18 Episodes	1993-1994
Clatterford TV Show Available on 4 streaming services.	7.5	Actress	Sal Vine 19 Episodes	2006-2009
Crime Traveller TV Show	7.1	Actress	8 Episodes	1997-1997
The Paul O'Grady Show TV Show	5.1	Actress	1 Episode	2004-2015
Medics TV Show	6.7	Actress	35 Episodes	1990-1995
Rovers Limited Series	6.2	Actress	Doreen 6 Episodes	2016-2016
Age Before Beauty TV Show	5.6	Actress	Ivy-Rae Regan 6 Episodes	2018-2018
Time TV Show Available on 8 streaming services.	8	Actress	June Cobden 3 Episodes	2021
Timeshift TV Show	7.2	Actress	Self - Narrator 1 Episode	2002-2017
Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors TV Show		Actress	Narrator 2 Episodes	2022
Strictly Come Dancing TV Show	6.3	Actress	Self 1 Episode	2004
Today TV Show	4.4	Actress	Self 1 Episode	1952
A Touch of Frost TV Show Available on 3 streaming services.	7.7	Actress	Phyllis Bowman 1 Episode	1992-2010
The Street TV Show Available on 3 streaming services.	8.1	Actress	1 Episode	2006-2009
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.4	Actress	Helga Allowby 1 Episode	1996-1998
Brookside TV Show	6.4	Actress	Sheila Grant 882 Episodes	1982-2003
Would I Lie to You? TV Show Available on 3 streaming services.	8	Actress	Self 1 Episode	2007
Downton Abbey TV Show Available on 18 streaming services.	8.5	Actress	Miss Denker 8 Episodes	2010-2015
My Uncle Silas TV Show	7.1	Actress	Mrs. Betts 12 Episodes	2001-2003
Inspector Morse TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	8	Actress	Mrs. Bailey 2 Episodes	1987-2000
Cutting It TV Show	7.1	Actress	Caroline Ferraday 1 Episode	2002-2005
The Alan Titchmarsh Show TV Show	3.8	Actress	Self 1 Episode	2007-2013
Performance TV Show	6.7	Actress	Mistress Overdone 1 Episode	1991-1998
Duck Patrol TV Show	7.3	Actress	Val Rutland 7 Episodes	1998-1998
The Jump TV Show	6.1	Actress	Maeve Brunos 4 Episodes	1998
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule TV Show	7	Actress	Self 1 Episode	2017-2019
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip TV Show Available on 10 streaming services.	6.6	Actress	Self - Participant 1 Episode	2011
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two TV Show		Actress	Herself 3 Episodes	2024
Ricky, Sue and a Trip or Two TV Show		Actress	Self 3 Episodes	2024
Caring for the Recently Deceased Short Film	8.8	Actress	Marjoram Bryon	2015
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds Movie	7.2	Actress	Pat Phoenix	1998
Lapland Movie	5.4	Actress	Eileen Lewis	2011
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One Movie	8.6	Actress	Self	2015
Score Movie	7.1	Actress	Maggie	2001
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves Movie	6.6	Actress	Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)	2016
Diana and the Paparazzi Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	7.1	Actress	Narrator (voice)	2017
The Cure Movie	7	Actress	Bella Bailey	2019
The Turn of the Screw Movie Available on 27 streaming services.	5.4	Actress	Sarah Grose	2009
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys Movie	7.6	Actress	Self	2016
Death on the Tyne Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.1	Actress	Colleen	2018
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa Movie	8.4	Actress	Self	2010
Help Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	7.8	Actress	Gloria	2021
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It Movie	8	Actress	Narrator (voice)	2009
A Passionate Woman Limited Series	6.3	Actress	Betty (1980s) 2 Episodes	2010-2010
Little Dorrit Limited Series Available on 9 streaming services.	8	Actress	14 Episodes	2008-2008
The Cockfields TV Show	7.2	Actress	Sue 9 Episodes	2019-2021
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll Limited Series	8.1	Actress	Irma 6 Episodes	1999
Truelove Limited Series	7	Actress	Marion 6 Episodes	2024
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