Sue Johnston
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Welcome to Borovia
2026
as Matrashka
Ann Droid
2026
as Sue
Big Winners
2025
as Edith Thistle
Stuffed
2025
as Lily
Fackham Hall
2025
as Great Aunt Bonaparte
Dexter Procter
2025
as Granny Bet
Play for Today
2025
as Edith Thistle
The Big Snow of '47
2024
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Generation Z
2024
as Cecily
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
2024
as Herself
Truelove
2024
as Marion
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
2023
as Self
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
2023
as Barbara Royle (archive footage)
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
2023
as Self / Barbara Royle (archive footage)
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
as Gladys Denker
The Responder
2022
as Madge
Help
2021
as Gloria
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2021
as Self
Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors
2021
as Narrator
Time
2021
as June Cobden
Taskmaster’s New Year Treat
2021
as Self
David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
2020
as Narrator
The Cure
2019
as Bella Bailey
The Cockfields
2019
as Sue
DNA Journey
2019
as Self
Celebrity Gogglebox
2019
Walk Like a Panther
2018
as Gladys
Death on the Tyne
2018
as Colleen
Age Before Beauty
2018
as Ivy-Rae Regan
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
2017
as Self - Narrator
Diana and the Paparazzi
2017
as Narrator (voice)
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
2017
as Narrator
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
2017
as Self
Golden Years
2016
as Nancy
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
as Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
2016
as Self
Rovers
2016
as Doreen
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
2015
as Self
Caring for the Recently Deceased
2014
as Marjoram Bryon
Being Eileen
2013
as Eileen Lewis
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
2012
as Barbara Royle
Gates
2012
as Miss Hunter
Lapland
2011
as Eileen Lewis
Baby Hospital
2011
Sugartown
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
2010
as Barbara
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010
as Self
A Passionate Woman
2010
as Betty (1980s)
Downton Abbey
2010
as Miss Denker
The Turn of the Screw
2009
as Sarah Grose
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
2009
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Golden Egg Cup
2009
as Barbara Royle
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
2008
as Barbara Royle
Little Dorrit
2008
as Affery / Affery Flintwinch
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
as Self
Would I Lie to You?
2007
as Self
Imagine Me & You
2006
as Ella
The Street
2006
Jam and Jerusalem
2006
as Sal Vine
Liverpool FC: One Night in May
2005
as Self
Strictly Come Dancing
2004
as Self
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
The Virgin Mary
2002
as Self - Presenter
There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002
as Self
Cutting It
2002
as Caroline Ferraday
Timeshift
2002
as Self - Narrator
New Year's Day
2001
as Mrs. Fisher
Score
2001
as Maggie
Waking the Dead
2001
as Dr. Grace Foley
My Uncle Silas
2001
as Mrs Betts
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999
as Irma
Loose Women
1999
as Self
Finest Hour
1999
as Commentary
Brookside: Friday the 13th
1998
as Sheila Grant
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
1998
as Pat Phoenix
The Royle Family
1998
as Barbara Royle
Duck Patrol
1998
as Val Rutland
The Jump
1998
as Maeve Brunos
Parkinson
1998
as Self
Verdict
1998
as Hazel De Vere Q.C.
Preaching to the Perverted
1997
as Esmeralda
Face
1997
as Alice
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
1997
as Sheila Grant
Crime Traveller
1997
as Detective Chief Inspector Kate Grisham
Brassed Off
1996
as Vera
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
as Helga Allowby
Into the Fire
1996
as Lyn
Hollyoaks
1995
as Sheila Grant
Measure for Measure
1994
as Mistress Overdone
Luv
1993
Full Stretch
1993
as Grace Robbins
Bitter Harvest
1992
as Miriam Johnson
A Touch of Frost
1992
as Phyllis Bowman
Goodbye Cruel World
1992
as Barbara Grade
Performance
1991
as Mistress Overdone
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991
as Edith Rosse
Medics
1990
Inspector Morse
1987
as Mrs. Bailey
ScreenPlay
1986
as Miriam Johnson
Brookside
1982
as Sheila Grant
Today
1952
as Self