Sue Johnston
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.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1943-12-07
Place of birth
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Images
Cast
Imagine Me & You
2006
7.60
Help
2021
7.10
Preaching to the Perverted
1997
5.90
Brassed Off
1996
7.00
Face
1997
6.30
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2021
6.50
The Turn of the Screw
2009
4.90
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
7.21
Bilby
0.00
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
2023
8.00
The Big Snow of '47
2024
0.00
500 Miles North
2014
7.50
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999
0.00
Lapland
2011
0.00
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
1997
6.80
Brookside: Friday the 13th
1998
5.50
Golden Years
2016
6.30
Caring for the Recently Deceased
2014
0.00
Measure for Measure
1994
1.00
New Year's Day
2000
5.00
Walk Like a Panther
2018
6.20
Score
2001
0.00
Death on the Tyne
2018
6.40
Bitter Harvest
1992
0.00
Diana and the Paparazzi
2017
0.00
Barbara's Old Ring
2012
7.00
The New Sofa
2008
7.70
The Cure
2019
7.50
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
2016
7.00
The Queen of Sheba
2006
7.50
Joe's Crackers
2010
7.20
The Golden Egg Cup
2009
8.00
The Virgin Mary
2002
0.00
Liverpool FC: One Night in May
2005
0.00
