Sue Johnston
Acting
đ 1943-12-07
Susan Johnston, OBE (nÊe Wright; born 7 December 1943) is an English actress known for playing Sheila Grant in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside (1982â1990), Barbara Royle in the BBC comedy The Royle Family (1998â2000, 2006, 2008â2010, 2012), Grace Foley in the BBC drama Waking the Dead (2000â2011), Gloria Price in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2012â2014) and Miss Denker in the ITV drama Downton Abbey (2014â2015). 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.
Cast credits(88)
Self
2004
Self
2007
Sheila Grant
1982
Self - Narrator
2002
Miss Denker
2010
Self
2004
2004
Self
2007
Self
1998
Phyllis Bowman
1992
Dr. Grace Foley
2001
Self
1999
Self - Participant
2011
1990
Val Rutland
1998
June Cobden
2021
Self - Guest
2006
Self
2017
Mistress Overdone
1991
Mrs. Bailey
1987
Helga Allowby
1996
Self
1952
Sal Vine
2006
Cecily
2024
Marion
2024
Madge
2022
Caroline Ferraday
2002
Barbara Royle
1998
Self
2019
Ivy-Rae Regan
2018
Mrs. Betts
2001
2011
Doreen
2016
Herself
2024
2011
Eileen Lewis
2013
Sue
2019
Ella
2006
Gladys Denker
2022
Affery / Affery Flintwinch
2008
2006
Commentary
1999
Miss Hunter
2012
Maeve Brunos
1998
Irma
1999
Betty (1980s)
2010
Narrator
2021
1997
Vera
1996
Colleen
2018
Gloria
2021
Grace Robbins
1993
Esmeralda
1997
1993
Nancy
2016
Sarah Grose
2009
Alice
1997
Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Gladys
2018
Eileen Lewis
2011
1999
Self
2023
Self
2021
Mistress Overdone
1994
Maggie
2001
Pat Phoenix
1998
Barbara
2010
Mrs. Fisher
2000
Self
2010
Nancy
Bella Bailey
2019
Self
2015
Barbara Royle
2009
Marjoram Bryon
2014
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Miriam Johnson
1992
Sheila Grant
1997
Narrator (voice)
2017
2005
Barbara Royle
2008
Self
2016
Sheila Grant
1998
Barbara Royle
2012
Narrator
2020
Self - Presenter
2002
Self - Narrator
2017
Narrator
2017
Narrator (voice)
2009