Sue Johnston
Birthdate
December 7, 1943 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
December 7, 1943 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Known For
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.
Sue Johnston's LGBTQ+ Titles
Imagine Me & You
Ella
Acting (89)
Bilby as Nancy
The Cockfields Christmas Special
2025
Downton Abbey 3 as Gladys Denker
2024
Generation Z as Cecily (6 episodes)
2024
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two as Herself (3 episodes)
2024
Truelove as Marion (6 episodes)
2024
The Big Snow of '47 as Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy as Self
2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era as Gladys Denker
2022
The Responder as Madge (1 episode)
2021
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story as Self
2021
Help as Gloria
2021
Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors as Narrator (2 episodes)
2021
Time as June Cobden (3 episodes)
2020
David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star as Narrator
2019
The Cure as Bella Bailey
2019
The Cockfields as Sue (9 episodes)
2019
DNA Journey as Self (1 episode)
2018
Death on the Tyne as Colleen
2018
Age Before Beauty as Ivy-Rae Regan (6 episodes)
2018
Walk Like a Panther as Gladys
2017
Diana and the Paparazzi as Narrator (voice)
2017
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule as Self (1 episode)
2017
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next as Self - Narrator
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves as Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Rovers as Doreen (6 episodes)
2016
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys as Self
2016
Golden Years as Nancy
2015
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One as Self
2014
Caring for the Recently Deceased as Marjoram Bryon
2014
500 Miles North as Stein
2013
Being Eileen as Eileen Lewis (6 episodes)
2012
Barbara's Old Ring as Barbara Royle
2012
Gates as Miss Hunter (5 episodes)
2011
Lapland as Eileen Lewis
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant (1 episode)
2011
Sugartown (3 episodes)
2011
Baby Hospital (3 episodes)
2010
Joe's Crackers as Barbara
2010
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa as Self
2010
Downton Abbey as Miss Denker (8 episodes)
2010
A Passionate Woman as Betty (1980s) (2 episodes)
2009
The Turn of the Screw as Sarah Grose
2009
The Golden Egg Cup as Barbara Royle
2009
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It as Narrator (voice)
2008
The New Sofa as Barbara Royle
2008
Little Dorrit (14 episodes)
2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self (1 episode)
2007
Would I Lie to You? as Self (1 episode)
2006
Jam and Jerusalem as Sal Vine (19 episodes)
2006
The Queen of Sheba as Barbara Royle
2006
The One Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2006
The Street (1 episode)
2006
Imagine Me & You as Ella
2004
Who Do You Think You Are? as Self (1 episode)
2004
The Paul O'Grady Show (1 episode)
2004
Strictly Come Dancing as Self (1 episode)
2002
The Virgin Mary as Self - Presenter
2002
Timeshift as Self - Narrator (1 episode)
2002
Cutting It as Caroline Ferraday (1 episode)
2001
My Uncle Silas as Mrs. Betts (12 episodes)
2001
Waking the Dead as Dr. Grace Foley (91 episodes)
2001
Score as Maggie
2000
New Year's Day as Mrs. Fisher
1999
Loose Women as Self (2 episodes)
1999
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll as Irma (6 episodes)
1999
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1998
Brookside: Friday the 13th as Sheila Grant
1998
The Royle Family as Barbara Royle (20 episodes)
1998
The Jump as Maeve Brunos (4 episodes)
1998
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds as Pat Phoenix
1998
Duck Patrol as Val Rutland (7 episodes)
1998
Parkinson as Self (1 episode)
1997
Brookside: The Lost Weekend as Sheila Grant
1997
Face as Alice
1997
Preaching to the Perverted as Esmeralda
1997
Crime Traveller (8 episodes)
1996
Brassed Off as Vera
1996
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates as Helga Allowby (1 episode)
1994
Measure for Measure as Mistress Overdone
1993
Luv (18 episodes)
1993
Full Stretch as Grace Robbins (6 episodes)
1992
A Touch of Frost as Phyllis Bowman (1 episode)
1992
Bitter Harvest as Miriam Johnson
1991
Performance as Mistress Overdone (1 episode)
1990
Medics (35 episodes)
1987
Inspector Morse as Mrs. Bailey (2 episodes)
1982
Brookside as Sheila Grant (882 episodes)
1952
Today as Self (1 episode)