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 (34 movies)
Imagine Me & You
2006
Help
2021
Preaching to the Perverted
1997
Brassed Off
1996
Face
1997
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2021
The Turn of the Screw
2009
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
2023
The Big Snow of '47
2024
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
2009
Lapland
2011
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
1997
Golden Years
2016
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
2017
Measure for Measure
1994
New Year's Day
2000
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
Walk Like a Panther
2018
Death on the Tyne
2018
Bitter Harvest
1992
Diana and the Paparazzi
2017
Barbara's Old Ring
2012
The New Sofa
2008
The Cure
2019
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
2016
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
2015
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
1998
Joe's Crackers
2010
The Golden Egg Cup
2009
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010
The Virgin Mary
2002
Liverpool FC: One Night in May
2005
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
2017
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