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Sue Johnston
Born · December 7, 1943 (81 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Bio
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.
Downton Abbey 3
Gladys Denker
0.0
2025
Generation Z
Cecily · (6 episodes)
5.8
2024
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
Herself · (3 episodes)
0.0
2024
Truelove
Marion · (6 episodes)
6.5
2024
The Big Snow of '47
Self - Narrator (voice)
0.0
2024
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
Self
8.0
2023
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Gladys Denker
7.2
2022
The Responder
Madge · (1 episode)
7.0
2022
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
Self
6.5
2021
Help
Gloria
7.1
2021
Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors
Narrator · (2 episodes)
0.0
2021
Time
June Cobden · (3 episodes)
7.6
2021
David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
Narrator
0.0
2020
The Cure
Bella Bailey
7.5
2019
The Cockfields
Sue · (9 episodes)
7.2
2019
DNA Journey
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
2019
Death on the Tyne
Colleen
6.4
2018
Age Before Beauty
Ivy-Rae Regan · (6 episodes)
3.3
2018
Walk Like a Panther
Gladys
6.2
2018
Diana and the Paparazzi
Narrator (voice)
0.0
2017
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
Self · (1 episode)
8.0
2017
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
Self - Narrator
0.0
2017
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
5.7
2016
Rovers
Doreen · (6 episodes)
7.1
2016
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
Self
7.0
2016
Golden Years
Nancy
6.3
2016
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
Self
9.0
2015
Taskmaster
Self · (1 episode)
8.4
2015
Caring for the Recently Deceased
Marjoram Bryon
0.0
2014
500 Miles North
Stein
7.5
2014
Being Eileen
Eileen Lewis · (6 episodes)
0.0
2013
Barbara's Old Ring
Barbara Royle
7.0
2012
Gates
Miss Hunter · (5 episodes)
7.0
2012
Lapland
Eileen Lewis
0.0
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant · (1 episode)
5.0
2011
Sugartown
(3 episodes)
10.0
2011
Baby Hospital
(3 episodes)
0.0
2011
Joe's Crackers
Barbara
7.2
2010
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Self
8.4
2010
Downton Abbey
Miss Denker · (8 episodes)
8.1
2010
A Passionate Woman
Betty (1980s) · (2 episodes)
6.5
2010
The Turn of the Screw
Sarah Grose
4.9
2009
The Golden Egg Cup
Barbara Royle
8.0
2009
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
Narrator (voice)
7.0
2009
The New Sofa
Barbara Royle
7.7
2008
Little Dorrit
(14 episodes)
7.8
2008
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self · (1 episode)
3.7
2007
Would I Lie to You?
Self · (1 episode)
7.7
2007
Jam and Jerusalem
Sal Vine · (19 episodes)
7.0
2006
The Queen of Sheba
Barbara Royle
7.5
2006
The One Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
4.6
2006
The Street
(1 episode)
7.6
2006
Imagine Me & You
Ella
7.6
2006
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
2004
The Paul O'Grady Show
(1 episode)
4.6
2004
Strictly Come Dancing
Self · (1 episode)
5.9
2004
The Virgin Mary
Self - Presenter
0.0
2002
Timeshift
Self - Narrator · (1 episode)
7.0
2002
Cutting It
Caroline Ferraday · (1 episode)
6.7
2002
My Uncle Silas
Mrs. Betts · (12 episodes)
7.0
2001
Waking the Dead
Dr. Grace Foley · (91 episodes)
7.2
2001
Score
Maggie
0.0
2001
New Year's Day
Mrs. Fisher
5.0
2000
Loose Women
Self · (2 episodes)
3.4
1999
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
0.0
1999
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
Irma · (6 episodes)
6.5
1999
Brookside: Friday the 13th
Sheila Grant
5.5
1998
The Royle Family
Barbara Royle · (20 episodes)
7.7
1998
The Jump
Maeve Brunos · (4 episodes)
6.0
1998
Duck Patrol
Val Rutland · (7 episodes)
5.0
1998
Parkinson
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1998
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
Sheila Grant
6.8
1997
Face
Alice
6.3
1997
Preaching to the Perverted
Esmeralda
6.1
1997
Crime Traveller
(8 episodes)
8.2
1997
Brassed Off
Vera
7.0
1996
Bilby
Nancy
0.0
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Helga Allowby · (1 episode)
7.2
1996
Measure for Measure
Mistress Overdone
1.0
1994
The Cockfields Christmas Special
0.0
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
Pat Phoenix
0.0
1998
Luv
(18 episodes)
6.0
1993
Full Stretch
Grace Robbins · (6 episodes)
8.0
1993
A Touch of Frost
Phyllis Bowman · (1 episode)
7.5
1992
Bitter Harvest
Miriam Johnson
0.0
1992
Performance
Mistress Overdone · (1 episode)
6.0
1991
Medics
(35 episodes)
4.5
1990
Inspector Morse
Mrs. Bailey · (2 episodes)
7.8
1987
Brookside
Sheila Grant · (882 episodes)
6.0
1982
Today
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
1952