Sue Johnston

Sue Johnston (81)

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.

On Movies

  • Downton Abbey: A New Era
  • Help
  • The Cure
  • Death on the Tyne
  • Walk Like a Panther
  • Golden Years
  • Caring for the Recently Deceased
  • 500 Miles North
  • Barbara's Old Ring
  • Joe's Crackers
  • The Turn of the Screw
  • The Golden Egg Cup
  • Imagine Me & You
  • Score
  • New Year's Day
  • Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
  • Brookside: Friday the 13th
  • Brookside: The Lost Weekend
  • Face
  • Preaching to the Perverted
  • Brassed Off
  • Measure for Measure
  • Bitter Harvest

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