Sue Johnston
Actor
- Born
- December 7, 1943 (age 82) · 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.
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Known for
Imagine Me & You
January 27, 2006
Downton Abbey: A New Era
April 27, 2022
Brassed Off
November 1, 1996
Fackham Hall
December 5, 2025
Help
September 16, 2021
Face
September 26, 1997
Preaching to the Perverted
July 4, 1997
The Turn of the Screw
December 30, 2009
Golden Years
April 29, 2016
Death on the Tyne
December 15, 2018
Walk Like a Panther
March 9, 2018
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
November 29, 2021
Acting48
- 2026The Broken Arrow as Mrs. Barnes
- 2026Welcome to Borovia as Matrashka
- 2025Stuffed as Lily
- 2025Fackham Hall as Great Aunt Bonaparte
- 2025Big Winners as Edith Thistle
- 2024The Big Snow of '47 as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2023Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy as Self
- 2023Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family as Barbara Royle (archive footage)
- 2023The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa as Self / Barbara Royle (archive footage)
- 2022