Sue Johnston
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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The Broken Arrow
as Mrs. Barnes
Ann Droid
as Sue
Welcome to Borovia
as Matrashka
Stuffed
as Lily
Dexter Procter
as Granny Bet
Big Winners
as Edith Thistle
Play for Today
as Edith Thistle
Generation Z
as Cecily
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
as Herself
Truelove
as Marion
The Big Snow of '47
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
as Self
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
as Barbara Royle (archive footage)
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
as Self / Barbara Royle (archive footage)
Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Gladys Denker
The Responder
as Madge
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
as Self
Help
as Gloria
Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors
as Narrator
Time
as June Cobden
Taskmaster’s New Year Treat
as Self
The Cockfields
as Sue
DNA Journey
as Self
Celebrity Gogglebox
as Unknown
Death on the Tyne
as Colleen
Age Before Beauty
as Ivy-Rae Regan
Walk Like a Panther
as Gladys
Diana and the Paparazzi
as Narrator (voice)
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
as Narrator
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
as Self
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
as Self - Narrator
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rovers
as Doreen
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
as Self
Golden Years
as Nancy
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
as Self
Being Eileen
as Eileen Lewis
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
as Barbara Royle
Gates
as Miss Hunter
Lapland
as Eileen Lewis
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
Sugartown
as Unknown
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
as Barbara
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
as Self
Downton Abbey
as Miss Denker
A Passionate Woman
as Betty (1980s)
The Turn of the Screw
as Sarah Grose
The Golden Egg Cup
as Barbara Royle
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
as Barbara Royle
Little Dorrit
as Affery / Affery Flintwinch
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
Jam and Jerusalem
as Sal Vine
The Street
as Unknown
Imagine Me & You
as Ella
Liverpool FC: One Night in May
as Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
The Paul O'Grady Show
as Unknown
Strictly Come Dancing
as Self
The Virgin Mary
as Self - Presenter
Timeshift
as Self - Narrator
There's Only One Paul McCartney
as Self
Cutting It
as Caroline Ferraday
New Year's Day
as Mrs. Fisher
My Uncle Silas
as Mrs Betts
Waking the Dead
as Dr. Grace Foley
Finest Hour
as Commentary
Loose Women
as Self
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
as Irma
The Royle Family
as Barbara Royle
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
as Pat Phoenix
Duck Patrol
as Val Rutland
Parkinson
as Self
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
as Sheila Grant
Face
as Alice
Preaching to the Perverted
as Esmeralda
Crime Traveller
as Detective Chief Inspector Kate Grisham
Brassed Off
as Vera
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Helga Allowby
Hollyoaks
as Sheila Grant
Measure for Measure
as Mistress Overdone
A Touch of Frost
as Phyllis Bowman
Bitter Harvest
as Miriam Johnson
Goodbye Cruel World
as Barbara Grade
Performance
as Mistress Overdone
In Suspicious Circumstances
as Edith Rosse
Medics
as Unknown
Inspector Morse
as Mrs. Bailey
ScreenPlay
as Miriam Johnson
Brookside
as Sheila Grant
Today
as Self