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 Actress and was nominated for the 2000 BAFTA TV Award for Best Comedy Performance for The Royle Family.
Name Sue Johnston
Also Known As Susan Wright, Susan Johnston, OBE
Birthday 1943-12-07
Gender Female
IMDB Sue Johnston profile on IMDB
Place of Birth Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
As: Ella
2005-09-09
Imagine Me & You...
As: Esmeralda
1997-07-04
Preaching to the Per...
As: Alice
1997-09-26
Face...
As: Vera
1996-11-01
Brassed Off...
As: Sarah Grose
2009-12-30
The Turn of the Scre...
As: Eileen Lewis
2011-12-24
Lapland...
As: Stein
2014-01-01
500 Miles North...
As: Unknown
1999-09-05
Sex, Chips & Rock n'...
As: Sheila Grant
1998-11-14
Brookside: Friday th...
As: Sheila Grant
1997-11-15
Brookside: The Lost ...
As: Nancy
2016-04-29
Golden Years...
As: Marjoram Bryon
2014-07-28
Caring for the Recen...
As: Mistress Overdone
1994-11-05
Measure for Measure...
As: Barbara Royle (archi
2016-09-12
British Sitcom: 60 Y...
As: Mrs. Fisher
2000-01-01
New Year's Day...
As: Gladys
2018-03-09
Walk Like a Panther...
As: Maggie
2001-06-05
Score...
As: Colleen
2018-12-15
Death on the Tyne...
As: Miriam Johnson
1992-07-22
Bitter Harvest...
As: Narrator (voice)
2017-08-17
Diana and the Papara...
As: Barbara Royle
2012-12-25
Barbara's Old Ring...
As: Barbara Royle
2008-12-25
The New Sofa...
As: Bella Bailey
2019-12-19
The Cure...
As: Self
2016-05-22
World Cup 1966: Alfi...
As: Self
2015-11-11
The Nation's Favouri...
As: Barbara Royle
2006-10-29
The Queen of Sheba...
As: Pat Phoenix
1998-08-30
The Things You Do fo...
As: Barbara
2010-12-25
Joe's Crackers...
As: Barbara Royle
2009-12-25
The Golden Egg Cup...
As: Self
2010-11-10
The Royle Family: Be...
As: Gloria
2021-09-16
Help...
As: Self
2021-11-29
Robbo: The Bryan Rob...
As: Gladys Denker
2022-04-27
Downton Abbey: A New...
As: Nancy

Bilby...
As: Narrator
2020-12-21
David Jason: Britain...
As: Self
2023-12-25
Caroline Aherne: Que...
As: Self - Narrator (voi
2024-01-01
The Big Snow of '47...
As: Self
2024-01-19
Ricky, Sue & a Trip ...
As: Narrator (voice)
2009-05-27
Tourettes: I Swear I...
As: Self - Guest
2006-08-14
The One Show...
As: Self
2004-05-15
Strictly Come Dancin...
As: Irma
1999-09-05
Sex, Chips & Rock n'...
As: Mrs. Bailey
1987-01-06
Inspector Morse...
As: Self
2004-10-12
Who Do You Think You...
As: Miss Hunter
2012-08-14
Gates...
As: Barbara Royle
1998-09-14
The Royle Family...
As: Dr. Grace Foley
2001-06-18
Waking the Dead...
As: Unknown
1993-03-09
Luv...
As: Sal Vine
2006-11-24
Jam & Jerusalem...
As: Self
1952-01-14
Today...
As: Phyllis Bowman
1992-12-06
A Touch of Frost...
As: Unknown
1997-03-01
Crime Traveller...
As: Unknown
2004-10-11
The Paul O'Grady Sho...
As: Unknown
2008-10-26
Little Dorrit...
As: Self
2007-09-03
The Alan Titchmarsh ...
As: Unknown
2006-04-13
The Street...
As: Unknown
1990-11-14
Medics...
As: Val Rutland
1998-07-19
Duck Patrol...
As: Betty (1980s)
2010-04-11
A Passionate Woman...
As: Unknown
2011-07-24
Sugartown...
As: Unknown
2011-06-14
Baby Hospital...
As: Doreen
2016-05-24
Rovers...
As: Helga Allowby
1996-01-03
Hetty Wainthropp Inv...
As: Sheila Grant
1982-11-02
Brookside...
As: Eileen Lewis
2013-02-04
Being Eileen...
As: Ivy-Rae Regan
2018-07-31
Age Before Beauty...
As: Sue
2019-11-12
The Cockfields...
As: June Cobden
2021-06-06
Time...
As: Self - Narrator
2002-10-10
Timeshift...
As: Self
2007-06-16
Would I Lie to You?...
As: Miss Denker
2010-09-26
Downton Abbey...
As: Narrator
2021-06-24
Kensington Palace: B...
As: Mrs. Betts
2001-10-28
My Uncle Silas...
As: Marion
2024-01-03
Truelove...
As: Caroline Ferraday
2002-04-16
Cutting It...
As: Maeve Brunos
1998-09-06
The Jump...
As: Mistress Overdone
1991-02-22
Performance...
As: Self
2017-03-02
Harry Hill's Alien F...
As: Cecily

Generation Z...
As: Self - Participant
2011-10-24
Celebrity Antiques R...
As: Grace Robbins
1993-01-05
Full Stretch...
As: Herself
2024-03-19
Ricky, Sue & a Trip ...
As: Self
2024-03-19
Ricky, Sue and a Tri...