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Sue Johnston

Sue Johnston

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 Act

Born

Dec 07, 1943

Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

Known For

Acting

Movies

48 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.9

Known For

Downton Abbey: A New Era
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022 • as Gladys Denker
★ 7.2
Imagine Me & You
Imagine Me & You
2006 • as Ella
★ 7.6
Fackham Hall
Fackham Hall
2025 • as Great Aunt Bonaparte
★ 6.6
Brassed Off
Brassed Off
1996 • as Vera
★ 7.0
Preaching to the Perverted
Preaching to the Perverted
1997 • as Esmeralda
★ 6.1
Death on the Tyne
Death on the Tyne
2018 • as Colleen
★ 5.8
Help
Help
2021 • as Gloria
★ 7.1
The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw
2009 • as Sarah Grose
★ 4.8
Face
Face
1997 • as Alice
★ 6.3
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
★ 8.4
Golden Years
Golden Years
2016 • as Nancy
★ 6.3
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
2008 • as Barbara Royle
★ 7.7
The Golden Egg Cup
The Golden Egg Cup
2009 • as Barbara Royle
★ 8.0
Walk Like a Panther
Walk Like a Panther
2018 • as Gladys
★ 6.2
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016 • as Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 5.7
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
★ 8.0
New Year's Day
New Year's Day
2001 • as Mrs. Fisher
★ 5.3
The Broken Arrow
The Broken Arrow
2027 • as Mrs. Barnes
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
★ 9.0
Lapland
Lapland
2011 • as Eileen Lewis
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
2012 • as Barbara Royle
★ 7.0
There's Only One Paul McCartney
★ 8.0
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
★ 6.4
The Big Snow of '47
The Big Snow of '47
2024 • as Self - Narrator (voice)
Bitter Harvest
Bitter Harvest
1992 • as Miriam Johnson
Stuffed
Stuffed
2025 • as Lily
★ 6.0
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
2009 • as Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 7.0
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
2023 • as Self / Barbara Royle (archive footage)
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
★ 7.2
Welcome to Borovia
Welcome to Borovia
2026 • as Matrashka
★ 5.0
Diana and the Paparazzi
Diana and the Paparazzi
2017 • as Narrator (voice)
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
2017 • as Self - Narrator
Big Winners
Big Winners
2025 • as Edith Thistle
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
★ 7.0
The Cure
The Cure
2019 • as Bella Bailey
★ 7.5
movie
Brookside: Friday the 13th
1998 • as Sheila Grant
★ 5.5
movie
Caring for the Recently Deceased
2014 • as Marjoram Bryon
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
1997 • as Sheila Grant
★ 7.6
movie
Score
2001 • as Maggie
★ 7.0
Measure for Measure
Measure for Measure
1994 • as Mistress Overdone
★ 3.3
movie
Bilby
• as Nancy
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
2023 • as Barbara Royle (archive footage)
★ 8.5
The Virgin Mary
The Virgin Mary
2002 • as Self - Presenter