Sue Johnston
Born: 1943-12-07
• 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.
Filmography
Stuffed
Fackham Hall
Big Winners
The Big Snow of '47
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
Help
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David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
The Cure
Death on the Tyne
Walk Like a Panther
Diana and the Paparazzi
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
Golden Years
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
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Caring for the Recently Deceased
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
Lapland
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
The Turn of the Screw
The Golden Egg Cup
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
Imagine Me & You
Liverpool FC: One Night in May
The Virgin Mary
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Score
New Year's Day
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Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
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Brookside: Friday the 13th
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
Face
Preaching to the Perverted
Brassed Off
Measure for Measure
Bitter Harvest
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Bilby