Sue Johnston
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.
Born: December 7, 1943
Place of Birth: Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Known For
Filmography
as Cecily
as Herself
as Marion
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Gladys Denker
as Madge
as Gloria
as Narrator
as June Cobden
as Bella Bailey
as Sue
as Self
as Colleen
as Ivy-Rae Regan
as Gladys
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Self - Narrator
as Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Doreen
as Self
as Nancy
as Eileen Lewis
as Barbara Royle
as Miss Hunter
as Eileen Lewis
as Self - Participant
as Barbara
as Miss Denker
as Betty (1980s)
as Sarah Grose
as Barbara Royle
as Narrator (voice)
as Barbara Royle
as Affery / Affery Flintwinch
as Self
as Sal Vine
as Ella
as Self
as Self
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Narrator
as Caroline Ferraday
as Mrs. Betts
as Dr. Grace Foley
as Mrs. Fisher
as Commentary
as Self
as Irma
as Barbara Royle
as Pat Phoenix
as Val Rutland
as Self
as Sheila Grant
as Alice
as Esmeralda
as Vera
as Helga Allowby
as Sheila Grant
as Mistress Overdone
as Phyllis Bowman
as Miriam Johnson
as Mistress Overdone
as Mrs. Bailey
as Sheila Grant
as Self