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Sue Johnston
Sue Johnston

Sue Johnston

ActingBorn December 7, 1943 (age 82)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.

Filmography

2026
Welcome to Borovia

as Matrashka

Movie
2025
Stuffed

as Lily

Movie
2025
Fackham Hall

as Great Aunt Bonaparte

Movie
2025
Dexter Procter

as Granny Bet

TV
2025
Big Winners

as Edith Thistle

Movie
2025
Play for Today

as Edith Thistle

TV
2024
Generation Z

as Cecily

TV
2024
Truelove

as Marion

TV
2024
The Big Snow of '47

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie
2023
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family

as Barbara Royle (archive footage)

Movie
2023
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa

as Self / Barbara Royle (archive footage)

Movie
2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era

as Gladys Denker

Movie
2022TV
2021
Help

as Gloria

Movie
2021
Time

as June Cobden

TV
2019
The Cure

as Bella Bailey

Movie
2019TV
2019TV
2018Movie
2018
Age Before Beauty

as Ivy-Rae Regan

TV
2018Movie
2017
Diana and the Paparazzi

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2017Movie
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

as Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2016
Rovers

as Doreen

TV
2016
Golden Years

as Nancy

Movie
2014Movie
2013
Being Eileen

as Eileen Lewis

TV
2012Movie
2012
Gates

as Miss Hunter

TV
2011
Lapland

as Eileen Lewis

Movie
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

as Self - Participant

TV
2011TV
2010
Downton Abbey

as Miss Denker

TV
2010
A Passionate Woman

as Betty (1980s)

TV
2009
The Turn of the Screw

as Sarah Grose

Movie
2009
The Golden Egg Cup

as Barbara Royle

Movie
2009
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie
2008Movie
2008
Little Dorrit

as Affery / Affery Flintwinch

TV
2007TV
2006TV
2006Movie
2002
The Virgin Mary

as Self - Presenter

Movie
2002
Timeshift

as Self - Narrator

TV
2002
Cutting It

as Caroline Ferraday

TV
2001
New Year's Day

as Mrs. Fisher

Movie
2001
My Uncle Silas

as Mrs Betts

TV
2001
Waking the Dead

as Dr. Grace Foley

TV
2001
Score

as Maggie

Movie
1999
Finest Hour

as Commentary

TV
1999TV
1998Movie
1998
The Royle Family

as Barbara Royle

TV
1998
The Jump

as Maeve Brunos

TV
1998
Duck Patrol

as Val Rutland

TV
1998
Parkinson

as Self

TV
1997Movie
1997
Face

as Alice

Movie
1997Movie
1997
Crime Traveller

as Detective Chief Inspector Kate Grisham

TV
1996Movie
1996TV
1995
Hollyoaks

as Sheila Grant

TV
1994
Measure for Measure

as Mistress Overdone

Movie
1993TV
1993
Full Stretch

as Grace Robbins

TV
1992
A Touch of Frost

as Phyllis Bowman

TV
1992
Bitter Harvest

as Miriam Johnson

Movie
1992
Goodbye Cruel World

as Barbara Grade

TV
1991
Performance

as Mistress Overdone

TV
1991TV
1990TV
1987
Inspector Morse

as Mrs. Bailey

TV
1986
ScreenPlay

as Miriam Johnson

TV
1982
Brookside

as Sheila Grant

TV
1952
Today

as Self

TV
Bilby

as Nancy

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayDecember 7, 1943
Place of BirthWarrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Popularity0.8