Sue Johnston
Known for: Actress
Born: 7 December 1943 (age 82), Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Credits: 60+ titles
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.
Filmography
Bilby
The Broken Arrow
Ann Droid
Welcome to Borovia
Stuffed
Fackham Hall
Dexter Procter
Big Winners
Play for Today
Generation Z
Truelove
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
Downton Abbey: A New Era
The Responder
Help
Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors
Time
David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
The Cure
The Cockfields
Celebrity Gogglebox
Death on the Tyne
Age Before Beauty
Walk Like a Panther
Diana and the Paparazzi
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Rovers
Golden Years
Caring for the Recently Deceased
Being Eileen
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
Gates
Lapland
Sugartown
Baby Hospital
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
Downton Abbey
A Passionate Woman
The Turn of the Screw
The Golden Egg Cup
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
Little Dorrit
Jam and Jerusalem
The Street
Imagine Me & You
The Paul O'Grady Show
Cutting It
New Year's Day
My Uncle Silas
Waking the Dead
Score
Finest Hour
Brookside: Friday the 13th
The Royle Family
The Jump
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
Verdict
Duck Patrol
Brookside: The Lost Weekend