Sue Johnston

07 Dec 1943 (80 years old) in 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.

Known For

Credits

  • 2025 · Downton Abbey 3 as Gladys Denker
  • 2024 · Generation Z as Cecily
  • 2024 · Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two as Herself
  • 2024 · Truelove as Marion
  • 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
  • 2021 · Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story as Self
  • 2021 · Help as Gloria
  • 2021 · Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors as Narrator
  • 2021 · Time as June Cobden
  • 2020 · David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star as Narrator
  • 2019 · The Cure as Bella Bailey
  • 2019 · The Cockfields as Sue
  • 2018 · Death on the Tyne as Colleen
  • 2018 · Age Before Beauty as Ivy-Rae Regan
  • 2018 · Walk Like a Panther as Gladys
  • 2017 · Diana and the Paparazzi as Narrator (voice)
  • 2017 · Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule as Self
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2012 · Barbara's Old Ring as Barbara Royle
  • 2012 · Gates as Miss Hunter
  • 2011 · Lapland as Eileen Lewis
  • 2011 · Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
  • 2011 · Sugartown as
  • 2011 · Baby Hospital as
  • 2010 · Joe's Crackers as Barbara
  • 2010 · The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa as Self
  • 2010 · Downton Abbey as Miss Denker
  • 2010 · A Passionate Woman as Betty (1980s)
  • 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 as
  • 2007 · The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
  • 2007 · Would I Lie to You? as Self
  • 2006 · Jam & Jerusalem as Sal Vine
  • 2006 · The Queen of Sheba as Barbara Royle
  • 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
  • 2006 · The Street as
  • 2006 · Imagine Me & You as Ella
  • 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
  • 2004 · The Paul O'Grady Show as
  • 2004 · Strictly Come Dancing as Self
  • 2002 · The Virgin Mary as Self - Presenter
  • 2002 · Timeshift as Self - Narrator
  • 2002 · Cutting It as Caroline Ferraday
  • 2001 · My Uncle Silas as Mrs. Betts
  • 2001 · Waking the Dead as Dr. Grace Foley
  • 2001 · Score as Maggie
  • 2000 · New Year's Day as Mrs. Fisher
  • 1999 · Loose Women as Self
  • 1999 · Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll as
  • 1999 · Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll as Irma
  • 1998 · Brookside: Friday the 13th as Sheila Grant
  • 1998 · The Royle Family as Barbara Royle
  • 1998 · The Jump as Maeve Brunos
  • 1998 · The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds as Pat Phoenix
  • 1998 · Duck Patrol as Val Rutland
  • 1997 · Brookside: The Lost Weekend as Sheila Grant
  • 1997 · Face as Alice
  • 1997 · Preaching to the Perverted as Esmeralda
  • 1997 · Crime Traveller as
  • 1996 · Brassed Off as Vera
  • 1996 · Hetty Wainthropp Investigates as Helga Allowby
  • 1994 · Measure for Measure as Mistress Overdone
  • 1993 · Luv as
  • 1993 · Full Stretch as Grace Robbins
  • 1992 · A Touch of Frost as Phyllis Bowman
  • 1992 · Bitter Harvest as Miriam Johnson
  • 1991 · Performance as Mistress Overdone
  • 1990 · Medics as
  • 1987 · Inspector Morse as Mrs. Bailey
  • 1982 · Brookside as Sheila Grant
  • 1952 · Today as Self
  • 2024 · Bilby as Nancy
  • 2024 · The Cockfields Christmas Special as