7.6Acting
Sue Johnston
- Born
- 1943-12-07
- Birthplace
- Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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 nominated for the 2000 BAFTA TV Award for Best Comedy Performance for The Royle Family.
Known For
Filmography
106 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Ann Droid
2026 · TV Show
Sue
The Broken Arrow
2026 · Movie
Mrs. Barnes
Welcome to Borovia
2026 · Movie
Matrashka
Big Winners
2025 · Movie
Edith Thistle
Dexter Procter
2025 · TV Show
Granny Bet
Fackham Hall
2025 · Movie
Great Aunt Bonaparte
Play for Today
2025 · TV Show
Edith Thistle
Stuffed
2025 · Movie
Lily
Generation Z
2024 · TV Show
Cecily
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
2024 · TV Show
Herself
The Big Snow of '47
2024 · Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Truelove
2024 · TV Show
Marion
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
2023 · Movie
Self
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
2023 · Movie
Barbara Royle (archive footage)
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
2023 · Movie
Self / Barbara Royle (archive footage)
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022 · Movie
Gladys Denker
The Responder
2022 · TV Show
Madge
Help
2021 · Movie
Gloria
Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors
2021 · TV Show
Narrator
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2021 · Movie
Self
Taskmaster’s New Year Treat
2021 · TV Show
Self
Time
2021 · TV Show
June Cobden
David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
2020 · Movie
Narrator
Celebrity Gogglebox
2019 · TV Show
Cast
DNA Journey
2019 · TV Show
Self
The Cockfields
2019 · TV Show
Sue
The Cure
2019 · Movie
Bella Bailey
Age Before Beauty
2018 · TV Show
Ivy-Rae Regan
Death on the Tyne
2018 · Movie
Colleen
Walk Like a Panther
2018 · Movie
Gladys
Diana and the Paparazzi
2017 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
2017 · TV Show
Self
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
2017 · Movie
Narrator
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
2017 · Movie
Self - Narrator
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016 · Movie
Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
Golden Years
2016 · Movie
Nancy
Rovers
2016 · TV Show
Doreen
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
2016 · Movie
Self
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
2015 · Movie
Self
Caring for the Recently Deceased
2014 · Movie
Marjoram Bryon
Being Eileen
2013 · TV Show
Eileen Lewis
Gates
2012 · TV Show
Miss Hunter
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
2012 · Movie
Barbara Royle
Baby Hospital
2011 · TV Show
Cast
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 · TV Show
Self - Participant
Lapland
2011 · Movie
Eileen Lewis
Sugartown
2011 · TV Show
Cast
A Passionate Woman
2010 · TV Show
Betty (1980s)
Downton Abbey
2010 · TV Show
Miss Denker
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010 · Movie
Self
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
2010 · Movie
Barbara
The Golden Egg Cup
2009 · Movie
Barbara Royle
The Turn of the Screw
2009 · Movie
Sarah Grose
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
2009 · Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Little Dorrit
2008 · TV Show
Affery / Affery Flintwinch
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
2008 · Movie
Barbara Royle
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007 · TV Show
Self
Would I Lie to You?
2007 · TV Show
Self
Imagine Me & You
2006 · Movie
Ella
Jam and Jerusalem
2006 · TV Show
Sal Vine
The Street
2006 · TV Show
Cast
Liverpool FC: One Night in May
2005 · Movie
Self
Strictly Come Dancing
2004 · TV Show
Self
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004 · TV Show
Cast
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004 · TV Show
Self
Cutting It
2002 · TV Show
Caroline Ferraday
The Virgin Mary
2002 · Movie
Self - Presenter
There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002 · Movie
Self
Timeshift
2002 · TV Show
Self - Narrator
My Uncle Silas
2001 · TV Show
Mrs Betts
New Year's Day
2001 · Movie
Mrs. Fisher
Score
2001 · Movie
Maggie
Waking the Dead
2001 · TV Show
Dr. Grace Foley
Finest Hour
1999 · TV Show
Commentary
Loose Women
1999 · TV Show
Self
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999 · Movie
Cast
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999 · TV Show
Irma
Brookside: Friday the 13th
1998 · Movie
Sheila Grant
Duck Patrol
1998 · TV Show
Val Rutland
Parkinson
1998 · TV Show
Self
The Jump
1998 · TV Show
Maeve Brunos
The Royle Family
1998 · TV Show
Barbara Royle
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
1998 · Movie
Pat Phoenix
Verdict
1998 · TV Show
Hazel De Vere Q.C.
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
1997 · Movie
Sheila Grant
Crime Traveller
1997 · TV Show
Detective Chief Inspector Kate Grisham
Face
1997 · Movie
Alice
Preaching to the Perverted
1997 · Movie
Esmeralda
Brassed Off
1996 · Movie
Vera
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996 · TV Show
Helga Allowby
Into the Fire
1996 · TV Show
Lyn
Hollyoaks
1995 · TV Show
Sheila Grant
Measure for Measure
1994 · Movie
Mistress Overdone
Full Stretch
1993 · TV Show
Grace Robbins
Luv
1993 · TV Show
Terese Craven
A Touch of Frost
1992 · TV Show
Phyllis Bowman
Bitter Harvest
1992 · Movie
Miriam Johnson
Goodbye Cruel World
1992 · TV Show
Barbara Grade
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991 · TV Show
Edith Rosse
Performance
1991 · TV Show
Mistress Overdone
Medics
1990 · TV Show
Cast
Inspector Morse
1987 · TV Show
Mrs. Bailey
ScreenPlay
1986 · TV Show
Miriam Johnson
Brookside
1982 · TV Show
Sheila Grant
Today
1952 · TV Show
Self
Bilby
Date unknown · Movie
Nancy