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Sue Johnston
ActorBorn December 7, 1943 (81 years)
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.
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Sue Johnston Filmography
| 2025 | Fackham Hall · as Great Aunt Bonaparte |
| 2025 | Big Winners · as Edith Thistle |
| 2025 | Riot Women (TV Series) · as Auntie Mary |
| 2024 | Generation Z (TV Series) · as Cecily |
| 2024 | Truelove (TV Series) · as Marion |
| 2022 | Downton Abbey: A New Era · as Gladys Denker |
| 2022 | Witness Number 3 (TV Series) · as Cathy |
| 2022 | The Responder (TV Series) · as Madge |
| 2021 | Help · as Gloria |
| 2021 | Time (TV Series) · as June Cobden |
| 2020 | David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star · as Narrator |
| 2020 | Unprecedented (TV Series) · as Violet |
| 2019 | The Cure · as Bella Bailey |
| 2019 | The Cockfields (TV Series) · as Sue |
| 2018 | Death on the Tyne · as Colleen |
| 2018 | Age Before Beauty (TV Series) · as Ivy-Rae Regan |
| 2018 | Walk Like a Panther · as Gladys |
| 2018 | Hold the Sunset (TV Series) · as Joan |
| 2018 | Kiri (TV Series) · as Celia Grayson |
| 2017 | Diana and the Paparazzi · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2017 | The Good Karma Hospital (TV Series) · as Virginia Mileham |
| 2016 | Rovers (TV Series) · as Doreen |
| 2016 | Golden Years · as Nancy |
| 2015 | Caring for the Recently Deceased · as Marjoram Bryon |
| 2014 | Text Santa 2014 · as Miss Denker |
| 2012 | Gates (TV Series) · as Miss Hunter |
| 2011 | Being Eileen (TV Series) · as Eileen Lewis |
| 2011 | Lapland · as Eileen Lewis |
| 2011 | Sugartown (TV Series) |
| 2011 | Baby Hospital (TV Series) |
| 2010 | Downton Abbey (TV Series) · as Miss Denker |
| 2010 | A Passionate Woman (TV Series) · as Betty (1980s) |
| 2009 | The Turn of the Screw · as Sarah Grose |
| 2009 | The Golden Egg Cup · as Barbara Royle |
| 2009 | Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2009 | Jimmy McGovern's Moving On (TV Series) · as Kathy |
| 2009 | Comic Relief 2009 · as Barbara Royle |
| 2008 | Little Dorrit (TV Series) · as Affery / Affery Flintwinch |
| 2007 | Memoirs of a Cigarette · as Barbara Royle |
| 2006 | Jam and Jerusalem (TV Series) · as Sal Vine |
| 2006 | The Street (TV Series) |
| 2005 | Imagine Me & You · as Ella |
| 2004 | The Paul O'Grady Show (TV Series) |
| 2004 | Higglytown Heroes (TV Series) · as Fran (uk) |
| 2002 | Cutting It (TV Series) · as Caroline Ferraday |
| 2001 | My Uncle Silas (TV Series) · as Mrs. Betts |
| 2001 | Score · as Maggie |
| 2000 | Waking the Dead (TV Series) · as Dr. Grace Foley |
| 2000 | New Year's Day · as Mrs. Fisher |
| 1999 | Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll (TV Series) · as Irma |
| 1998 | Brookside: Friday the 13th · as Sheila Grant |
| 1998 | The Royle Family (TV Series) · as Barbara Royle |
| 1998 | The Jump (TV Series) · as Maeve Brunos |
| 1998 | Duck Patrol (TV Series) · as Val Rutland |
| 1997 | Brookside: The Lost Weekend · as Sheila Grant |
| 1997 | Face · as Alice |
| 1997 | Preaching to the Perverted · as Esmeralda |
| 1997 | Crime Traveller (TV Series) |
| 1996 | Brassed Off · as Vera |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (TV Series) · as Helga Allowby |
| 1993 | Full Stretch (TV Series) · as Grace Robbins |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost (TV Series) · as Phyllis Bowman |
| 1991 | Performance (TV Series) · as Mistress Overdone |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse (TV Series) · as Mrs. Bailey |
| 1986 | Screenplay (1986) (TV Series) · as Miriam Johnson |
| 1982 | Brookside (TV Series) · as Sheila Grant |
| 1960 | Coronation Street (TV Series) · as Gloria Price |
| 2024 | Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two (TV Series) · as Herself |
| 2023 | Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy · as Self |
| 2022 | The Queen: 70 Glorious Years · as Self |
| 2021 | Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story · as Self |
| 2021 | Extraordinary Escapes with Sandi Toksvig (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | DNA Journey (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Celebrity Gogglebox (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | The Foreign Doctors Are Coming · as Self - Narrator |
| 2017 | Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Taskmaster (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant |
| 2013 | Botched Up Bodies (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (TV Series) · as Self - Participant |
| 2008 | Richard and Judy's New Position (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Would I Lie to You? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Sport Relief 2006 · as Self |
| 2006 | CBeebies Bedtime Stories (TV Series) · as Self - Storyteller |
| 2004 | Who Do You Think You Are? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Hell's Kitchen (UK) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Strictly Come Dancing (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Timeshift (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator |
| 2002 | V Graham Norton (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Richard & Judy (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Lorraine (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2001 | Football Focus (TV Series) · as Self - Reporter |
| 2000 | BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self - Actress |
| 1999 | Loose Women (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Fantasy Football League (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | GMTV (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The Big Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Soccer AM (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Comic Relief · as Self |
| 1988 | This Morning (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Wogan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | Granada Reports (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | 3-2-1 (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Contestant |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator |
| 1964 | Horizon (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator |
| 1955 | This is Your Life (UK) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |