Sue Johnston
Born in Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK — Dec 07 1943
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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 Perfor…
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Hollyoaks
Sheila Grant
Downton Abbey
Miss Denker
Waking the Dead
Dr. Grace Foley
Brookside
Sheila Grant
A Touch of Frost
Phyllis Bowman
Would I Lie to You?
Self
Strictly Come Dancing
Self
Inspector Morse
Mrs. Bailey
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
Performance
Mistress Overdone
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Helga Allowby
Time
June Cobden
The Royle Family
Barbara Royle
Little Dorrit
Affery / Affery Flintwinch
The Street
Cutting It
Caroline Ferraday
Timeshift
Self - Narrator
Celebrity Gogglebox
The Responder
Madge
Fackham Hall
Great Aunt Bonaparte
Jam and Jerusalem
Sal Vine
My Uncle Silas
Mrs. Betts
Truelove
Marion
DNA Journey
Self
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Gladys Denker
Generation Z
Cecily
Imagine Me & You
Ella
Rovers
Doreen
Duck Patrol
Val Rutland
Taskmaster’s New Year Treat
Self
Medics
Crime Traveller
Being Eileen
Eileen Lewis
Full Stretch
Grace Robbins
The Jump
Maeve Brunos
Brassed Off
Vera
Face
Alice
Age Before Beauty
Ivy-Rae Regan
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
Irma
A Passionate Woman
Betty (1980s)
The Cockfields
Sue
Luv
Golden Years
Nancy
Help
Gloria
New Year's Day
Mrs. Fisher
Gates
Miss Hunter
Sugartown
The Cure
Bella Bailey
Goodbye Cruel World
Barbara Grade
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
Score
Maggie
Preaching to the Perverted
Esmeralda
Walk Like a Panther
Gladys
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
Herself
The Turn of the Screw
Sarah Grose
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
Self
Bitter Harvest
Miriam Johnson
Measure for Measure
Mistress Overdone
Death on the Tyne
Colleen
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Self
Lapland
Eileen Lewis
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
Barbara
Stuffed
Lily
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
Self
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
Barbara Royle
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
Self / Barbara Royle (archive footage)
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
Self
Dexter Procter
Granny Bet
Finest Hour
Commentary
The Golden Egg Cup
Barbara Royle
Brookside: Friday the 13th
Sheila Grant
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
Barbara Royle
The Big Snow of '47
Self - Narrator (voice)
Caring for the Recently Deceased
Marjoram Bryon
Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors
Narrator
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
Pat Phoenix
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
Barbara Royle (archive footage)
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
Sheila Grant
Big Winners
Edith Thistle
Bilby
Nancy
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
Self - Narrator (voice)
Baby Hospital
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
Self
The Virgin Mary
Self - Presenter
David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
Narrator
Liverpool FC: One Night in May
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
Narrator
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
Self - Narrator
Diana and the Paparazzi
Narrator (voice)