Sue Johnston
Acting
Born 1943-12-07 · Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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.
Acting
Welcome to Borovia
Matrashka
Stuffed
Lily
Fackham Hall
Great Aunt Bonaparte
Dexter Procter
Granny Bet
Big Winners
Edith Thistle
Generation Z
Cecily
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
Herself
Truelove
Marion
The Big Snow of '47
Self - Narrator (voice)
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
Self
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
Barbara Royle (archive footage)
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
Self / Barbara Royle (archive footage)
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Gladys Denker
The Responder
Madge
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
Self
Help
Gloria
Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors
Narrator
Time
June Cobden
Taskmaster’s New Year Treat
Self
David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
Narrator
The Cure
Bella Bailey
The Cockfields
Sue
DNA Journey
Self
Celebrity Gogglebox
Death on the Tyne
Colleen
Age Before Beauty
Ivy-Rae Regan
Walk Like a Panther
Gladys
Diana and the Paparazzi
Narrator (voice)
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
Narrator
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
Self