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Sue Johnston

Sue Johnston

1943-12-07 / Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

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.

Appearances

Brookside
Brookside (1982)
Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing (2004)
Today
Today (1952)
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll (1999)
A Touch of Frost
A Touch of Frost (1992)
Crime Traveller
Crime Traveller (1997)
The Paul O'Grady Show
The Paul O'Grady Show (2004)
Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse (1987)
Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are? (2004)
The Royle Family
The Royle Family (1998)
Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead (2001)
Luv
Luv (1993)
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit (2008)
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007)
The Street
The Street (2006)
Medics
Medics (1990)
Cutting It
Cutting It (2002)
Duck Patrol
Duck Patrol (1998)
A Passionate Woman
A Passionate Woman (2010)
Baby Hospital
Baby Hospital (2011)
Timeshift
Timeshift (2002)
Sugartown
Sugartown (2011)
The Jump
The Jump (1998)
Performance
Performance (1991)
Would I Lie to You?
Would I Lie to You? (2007)
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule (2017)
Rovers
Rovers (2016)
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996)
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey (2010)
Gates
Gates (2012)
Generation Z
Generation Z (2024)
Being Eileen
Being Eileen (2013)
Age Before Beauty
Age Before Beauty (2018)
Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors
Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors (2021)
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2011)
My Uncle Silas
My Uncle Silas (2001)
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two (2024)
Full Stretch
Full Stretch (1993)
The Cockfields
The Cockfields (2019)
Truelove
Truelove (2024)
Loose Women
Loose Women (1999)
The Responder
The Responder (2022)
Time
Time (2021)
Parkinson
Parkinson (1998)
DNA Journey
DNA Journey (2019)
Finest Hour
Finest Hour (1999)
Jam and Jerusalem
Jam and Jerusalem (2006)
Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks (1995)