Sue Johnston
Acting
Born: 1943-12-07 in 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
Downton Abbey
Miss Denker
Imagine Me & You
Ella
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Gladys Denker
Brassed Off
Vera
Time
June Cobden
Fackham Hall
Great Aunt Bonaparte
Help
Gloria
Inspector Morse
Mrs. Bailey
The Responder
Madge
Would I Lie to You?
Self
Little Dorrit
Affery / Affery Flintwinch
Face
Alice
A Touch of Frost
Phyllis Bowman
Hollyoaks
Sheila Grant
The Royle Family
Barbara Royle
Waking the Dead
Dr. Grace Foley
Strictly Come Dancing
Self
Preaching to the Perverted
Esmeralda
The Turn of the Screw
Sarah Grose
Golden Years
Nancy
Today
Self
Ann Droid
Sue
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
Brookside
Sheila Grant
The Cockfields
Sue
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Helga Allowby
Generation Z
Cecily
Loose Women
Self
Death on the Tyne
Colleen
Truelove
Marion
Celebrity Gogglebox
The Street
Jam and Jerusalem
Sal Vine
The Paul O'Grady Show
A Passionate Woman
Betty (1980s)
Rovers
Doreen
Walk Like a Panther
Gladys
Cutting It
Caroline Ferraday
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
Self
New Year's Day
Mrs. Fisher