Sue Johnston
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1943-12-07 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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.
Acting
Bilby
as Nancy
(2024)
The Big Snow of '47
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2023)
(2022)
Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Gladys Denker
(2021)
Help
as Gloria
(2021)
(2020)
David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
as Narrator
(2019)
The Cure
as Bella Bailey
(2018)
Death on the Tyne
as Colleen
(2018)
Walk Like a Panther
as Gladys
(2017)
Diana and the Paparazzi
as Narrator (voice)
(2017)
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
as Self - Narrator
(2017)
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
as Narrator
(2016)
Golden Years
as Nancy
(2016)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2016)
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
as Self
(2015)
(2014)
500 Miles North
as Stein
(2014)
Caring for the Recently Deceased
as Marjoram Bryon
(2012)
Barbara's Old Ring
as Barbara Royle
(2011)
Lapland
as Eileen Lewis
(2010)
(2010)
Joe's Crackers
as Barbara
(2009)
The Turn of the Screw
as Sarah Grose
(2009)
The Golden Egg Cup
as Barbara Royle
(2009)
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
as Narrator (voice)
(2008)
The New Sofa
as Barbara Royle
(2006)
Imagine Me & You
as Ella
(2005)
(2002)
The Virgin Mary
as Self - Presenter
(2001)
Score
as Maggie
(2000)
New Year's Day
as Mrs. Fisher
(1999)
(1998)
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
as Pat Phoenix
(1998)
Brookside: Friday the 13th
as Sheila Grant
(1997)
Preaching to the Perverted
as Esmeralda
(1997)
Face
as Alice
(1997)
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
as Sheila Grant
(1996)
Brassed Off
as Vera
(1994)
Measure for Measure
as Mistress Overdone
(1992)
Bitter Harvest
as Miriam Johnson