Sue Johnston
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Sue Johnston

Acting

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.

Films Featuring Sue Johnston

Imagine Me & You

20067.6

Help

20217.0

Preaching to the Perverted

19976.2

David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star

David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star

2020

Brassed Off

19967.0

Face

19976.3

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story

20216.4

The Turn of the Screw

20094.7

Downton Abbey: A New Era

20227.2

Bilby

Bilby

Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy

20238.0

The Big Snow of '47

2024

Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It

20097.0

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

1999

Lapland

2011

Brookside: The Lost Weekend

19977.6

Brookside: Friday the 13th

Brookside: Friday the 13th

19985.5

Golden Years

20166.3

Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next

2017

Caring for the Recently Deceased

Caring for the Recently Deceased

2014

Measure for Measure

19943.3

New Year's Day

20015.3

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

20165.7

Walk Like a Panther

20186.2

Score

Score

20017.0

Death on the Tyne

20185.8

Bitter Harvest

1992

Diana and the Paparazzi

2017

The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring

20127.0

The Royle Family: The New Sofa

20087.7

The Cure

20197.5

World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys

20167.0

The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One

20159.3

The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds

19989.0

The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers

20107.2

The Golden Egg Cup

20098.0

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

20108.4

The Virgin Mary

2002

Liverpool FC: One Night in May

2005

Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story

2017

Big Winners

2025

Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family

2023

The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa

2023

Stuffed

20256.0

Fackham Hall

20256.7

Welcome to Borovia

20265.0

There's Only One Paul McCartney

20028.0