Sue Johnston
Known For
Acting
Born
December 7, 1943
Place of Birth
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

Sue Johnston

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.

Known For

Downton Abbey
8.1

Downton Abbey

2010 · TV

Brookside
6.2

Brookside

1982 · TV

Loose Women
3.4

Loose Women

1999 · TV

A Touch of Frost
7.5

A Touch of Frost

1992 · TV

Waking the Dead
7.2

Waking the Dead

2001 · TV

Inspector Morse
7.9

Inspector Morse

1987 · TV

Today
5.7

Today

1952 · TV

Hollyoaks
5.2

Hollyoaks

1995 · TV

Would I Lie to You?
7.8

Would I Lie to You?

2007 · TV

Strictly Come Dancing
6.0

Strictly Come Dancing

2004 · TV

Parkinson

Parkinson

1998 · TV

The Paul O'Grady Show
5.1

The Paul O'Grady Show

2004 · TV

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
6.0

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011 · TV

Who Do You Think You Are?
7.0

Who Do You Think You Are?

2004 · TV

ScreenPlay
6.0

ScreenPlay

1986 · TV

Performance
6.3

Performance

1991 · TV

Celebrity Gogglebox
6.6

Celebrity Gogglebox

2019 · TV

Timeshift
7.0

Timeshift

2002 · TV

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
7.3

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

1996 · TV

Cutting It
7.0

Cutting It

2002 · TV

Time
7.6

Time

2021 · TV

Jam and Jerusalem
7.1

Jam and Jerusalem

2006 · TV

The Responder
7.0

The Responder

2022 · TV

The Royle Family
7.7

The Royle Family

1998 · TV

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