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Sue Johnston

Sue Johnston

Birthday: 1943-12-07 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Help

as    Gloria

2021
2019
The Cockfields

as    Sue

2018
Death on the Tyne

as    Colleen

2018
Walk Like a Panther

as    Gladys

2018
Age Before Beauty

as    Ivy-Rae Regan

2016
Rovers

as    Doreen

2016
Golden Years

as    Nancy

2010
A Passionate Woman

as    Betty (1980s)

2009
The Turn of the Screw

as    Sarah Grose

2006
Imagine Me & You

as    Ella

2006
Jam and Jerusalem

as    Sal Vine

2001
Waking the Dead

as    Dr. Grace Foley

1998
The Royle Family

as    Barbara Royle

1998
Brookside: Friday the 13th

as    Sheila Grant

1998
Duck Patrol

as    Val Rutland

1997
Brookside: The Lost Weekend

as    Sheila Grant

1997
Brassed Off

as    Vera