Sue Johnston
Acting
Born: December 7, 1943 (age 82) · Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Highest Rated
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
Downton Abbey
2010
Imagine Me & You
2006
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
Brassed Off
1996
Time
2021
Fackham Hall
2025
Inspector Morse
1987
Help
2021
Would I Lie to You?
2007
The Responder
2022
Little Dorrit
2008
Face
1997
Photos (1)
Movies (29)
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Gladys Denker
Imagine Me & You
Ella
Lapland
Eileen Lewis
Fackham Hall
Great Aunt Bonaparte
Brassed Off
Vera
Big Winners
Edith Thistle
Preaching to the Perverted
Esmeralda
Help
Gloria
Stuffed
Lily
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
Golden Years
Nancy
Bitter Harvest
Miriam Johnson
Death on the Tyne
Colleen
Face
Alice
The Turn of the Screw
Sarah Grose
Walk Like a Panther
Gladys
Welcome to Borovia
Matrashka
New Year's Day
Mrs. Fisher
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
Barbara Royle
Measure for Measure
Mistress Overdone
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
Barbara Royle
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
Pat Phoenix
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
Sheila Grant
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
Barbara
The Golden Egg Cup
Barbara Royle
The Cure
Bella Bailey
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
Narrator
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
Barbara Royle (archive footage)
Diana and the Paparazzi
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (39)
Downton Abbey
Miss Denker · 6 eps
Brookside
Sheila Grant · 882 eps
A Touch of Frost
Phyllis Bowman · 1 eps
Hollyoaks
Sheila Grant · 1 eps
Waking the Dead
Dr. Grace Foley · 90 eps
Inspector Morse
Mrs. Bailey · 1 eps
The Paul O'Grady Show
1 eps
Performance
Mistress Overdone · 1 eps
ScreenPlay
Miriam Johnson · 1 eps
Celebrity Gogglebox
2 eps
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Helga Allowby · 1 eps
Little Dorrit
Affery / Affery Flintwinch · 14 eps
Time
June Cobden · 3 eps
Ann Droid
Sue · 6 eps
The Responder
Madge · 1 eps
In Suspicious Circumstances
Edith Rosse · 1 eps
The Street
1 eps
Jam and Jerusalem
Sal Vine · 19 eps
Cutting It
Caroline Ferraday · 1 eps
The Royle Family
Barbara Royle · 20 eps
Generation Z
Cecily · 6 eps
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
Irma · 6 eps
The Cockfields
Sue · 9 eps
Truelove
Marion · 6 eps
Duck Patrol
Val Rutland · 7 eps
My Uncle Silas
Mrs Betts · 12 eps
Medics
40 eps
Sugartown
3 eps
Age Before Beauty
Ivy-Rae Regan · 6 eps
Crime Traveller
Detective Chief Inspector Kate Grisham · 8 eps
Goodbye Cruel World
Barbara Grade · 3 eps
Play for Today
Edith Thistle · 1 eps
Dexter Procter
Granny Bet · 1 eps
Rovers
Doreen · 6 eps
A Passionate Woman
Betty (1980s) · 2 eps
Gates
Miss Hunter · 5 eps
Finest Hour
Commentary · 4 eps
Being Eileen
Eileen Lewis · 6 eps
Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors
Narrator · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (24)
Loose Women
Self · 2 eps
Would I Lie to You?
Self · 1 eps
Strictly Come Dancing
Self · 1 eps
Today
Self · 1 eps
Parkinson
Self · 1 eps
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant · 1 eps
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · 1 eps
Timeshift
Self - Narrator · 1 eps
DNA Journey
Self · 1 eps
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
Self · 1 eps
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
Herself · 3 eps
Taskmaster’s New Year Treat
Self · 1 eps
There's Only One Paul McCartney
Self
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
Self
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
Self
The Virgin Mary
Self - Presenter
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
Self / Barbara Royle (archive footage)
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Self
The Big Snow of '47
Self - Narrator (voice)
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
Self - Narrator
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
Self
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
Self
Liverpool FC: One Night in May
Self
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
Self - Narrator (voice)