Sue Johnston

Acting 96 credits

Birthday

Dec 07, 1943 (82 years)

Place of Birth

Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

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

Biography

Movies (45)

Fackham Hall

The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds

Imagine Me & You

The Big Snow of '47

Downton Abbey: A New Era

The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring

Brassed Off

Lapland

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

Bitter Harvest

Help

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story

Score

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

Preaching to the Perverted

Bilby

Golden Years

Walk Like a Panther

TV Shows (51)

Downton Abbey

Waking the Dead

Strictly Come Dancing

Loose Women

Hollyoaks

A Touch of Frost

Brookside

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Would I Lie to You?

Inspector Morse

The Paul O'Grady Show

Parkinson

Who Do You Think You Are?

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

Performance

Today

Timeshift

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates