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.
Fotos
Películas (48)

The Broken Arrow
2027 · Mrs. Barnes

Welcome to Borovia
2026 · Matrashka

Stuffed
2025 · Lily

Un muerto a la hora del té
2025 · Great Aunt Bonaparte

Big Winners
2025 · Edith Thistle

The Big Snow of '47
2024 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
2023 · Self

Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
2023 · Barbara Royle (archive footage)

The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
2023 · Self / Barbara Royle (archive footage)

Downton Abbey: Una Nueva Era
2022 · Gladys Denker

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2021 · Self

Help
2021 · Gloria
David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
2020 · Narrator

The Cure
2019 · Bella Bailey

Death on the Tyne
2018 · Colleen

Walk Like a Panther
2018 · Gladys

Diana and the Paparazzi
2017 · Narrator (voice)

Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
2017 · Narrator

Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
2017 · Self - Narrator

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016 · Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)

World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
2016 · Self

Golden Years
2016 · Nancy

The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
2015 · Self
Caring for the Recently Deceased
2014 · Marjoram Bryon

The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
2012 · Barbara Royle

Lapland
2011 · Eileen Lewis

The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
2010 · Barbara

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010 · Self

Cazadores de almas
2009 · Sarah Grose

The Golden Egg Cup
2009 · Barbara Royle

Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
2009 · Self - Narrator (voice)

The Royle Family: The New Sofa
2008 · Barbara Royle

Rosas rojas
2006 · Ella

Liverpool FC: One Night in May
2005 · Self

The Virgin Mary
2002 · Self - Presenter

There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002 · Self

New Year's Day
2001 · Mrs. Fisher
Score
2001 · Maggie
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999
Brookside: Friday the 13th
1998 · Sheila Grant

The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
1998 · Pat Phoenix

Brookside: The Lost Weekend
1997 · Sheila Grant

Face
1997 · Alice

Preaching to the Perverted
1997 · Esmeralda

Brassed Off
1996 · Vera

Measure for Measure
1994 · Mistress Overdone

Bitter Harvest
1992 · Miriam Johnson
Bilby
· Nancy
Series (58)

Ann Droid
2026 · Sue

Dexter Procter
2025 · Granny Bet

Play for Today
2025 · Edith Thistle

Generation Z
2024 · Cecily

Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
2024 · Herself

Truelove
2024 · Marion

The Responder
2022 · Madge

Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors
2021 · Narrator

Condena
2021 · June Cobden

Taskmaster’s New Year Treat
2021 · Self

The Cockfields
2019 · Sue

DNA Journey
2019 · Self

Celebrity Gogglebox
2019

Age Before Beauty
2018 · Ivy-Rae Regan

Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
2017 · Self

Rovers
2016 · Doreen

Being Eileen
2013 · Eileen Lewis

Gates
2012 · Miss Hunter

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 · Self - Participant

Sugartown
2011
Baby Hospital
2011

Downton Abbey
2010 · Miss Denker

A Passionate Woman
2010 · Betty (1980s)

Little Dorrit
2008 · Affery / Affery Flintwinch
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007 · Self

Would I Lie to You?
2007 · Self

Jam and Jerusalem
2006 · Sal Vine

The Street
2006

Who Do You Think You Are?
2004 · Self

The Paul O'Grady Show
2004

Strictly Come Dancing
2004 · Self

Timeshift
2002 · Self - Narrator

Cutting It
2002 · Caroline Ferraday

My Uncle Silas
2001 · Mrs Betts

Waking the Dead
2001 · Dr. Grace Foley

Finest Hour
1999 · Commentary

Loose Women
1999 · Self

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999 · Irma

The Royle Family
1998 · Barbara Royle
The Jump
1998 · Maeve Brunos
Verdict
1998 · Hazel De Vere Q.C.

Duck Patrol
1998 · Val Rutland

Parkinson
1998 · Self

Crime Traveller
1997 · Detective Chief Inspector Kate Grisham
Into the Fire
1996 · Lyn

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996 · Helga Allowby

Hollyoaks
1995 · Sheila Grant
Luv
1993 · Terese Craven
Full Stretch
1993 · Grace Robbins

A Touch of Frost
1992 · Phyllis Bowman

Goodbye Cruel World
1992 · Barbara Grade

Performance
1991 · Mistress Overdone

In Suspicious Circumstances
1991 · Edith Rosse

Medics
1990

Inspector Morse
1987 · Mrs. Bailey

ScreenPlay
1986 · Miriam Johnson

Brookside
1982 · Sheila Grant

Today
1952 · Self
