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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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, 1943-12-07

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1992	Bitter Harvest	Miriam Johnson	0
2	1994	Measure for Measure	Mistress Overdone	10
3	1996	Brassed Off	Vera	70
4	1997	Preaching to the Perverted	Esmeralda	60
5	1997	Face	Alice	63
6	1997	Brookside: The Lost Weekend	Sheila Grant	68
7	1998	The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds	Pat Phoenix	0
8	1998	Brookside: Friday the 13th	Sheila Grant	55
9	1999	Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll		0
10	2000	New Year's Day	Mrs. Fisher	50
11	2001	Score	Maggie	0
12	2002	The Virgin Mary	Self - Presenter	0
13	2005	Liverpool FC: One Night in May		0
14	2006	Imagine Me & You	Ella	76
15	2008	The New Sofa	Barbara Royle	77
16	2009	Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It	Narrator (voice)	70
17	2009	The Golden Egg Cup	Barbara Royle	80
18	2009	The Turn of the Screw	Sarah Grose	48
19	2010	The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa	Self	84
20	2010	Joe's Crackers	Barbara	72
21	2011	Lapland	Eileen Lewis	0
22	2012	Barbara's Old Ring	Barbara Royle	70
23	2014	Caring for the Recently Deceased	Marjoram Bryon	0
24	2015	The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One	Self	90
25	2016	Golden Years	Nancy	63
26	2016	World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys	Self	70
27	2016	British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves	Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)	57
28	2017	Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next	Self - Narrator	0
29	2017	Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story	Narrator	0
30	2017	Diana and the Paparazzi	Narrator (voice)	0
31	2018	Walk Like a Panther	Gladys	62
32	2018	Death on the Tyne	Colleen	58
33	2019	The Cure	Bella Bailey	75
34	2020	David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star	Narrator	0
35	2021	Help	Gloria	71
36	2021	Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story	Self	65
37	2022	Downton Abbey: A New Era	Gladys Denker	72
38		Bilby	Nancy	0
39	2023	Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy	Self	80
40	2024	The Big Snow of '47	Self - Narrator (voice)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1952	Today	Self	58
2	1982	Brookside	Sheila Grant	61
3	1987	Inspector Morse	Mrs. Bailey	78
4	1990	Medics		53
5	1991	Performance	Mistress Overdone	60
6	1992	A Touch of Frost	Phyllis Bowman	75
7	1993	Full Stretch	Grace Robbins	80
8	1993	Luv		60
9	1996	Hetty Wainthropp Investigates	Helga Allowby	72
10	1997	Crime Traveller		74
11	1998	Parkinson	Self	0
12	1998	Duck Patrol	Val Rutland	50
13	1998	The Jump	Maeve Brunos	60
14	1998	The Royle Family	Barbara Royle	76
15	1999	Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll	Irma	65
16	1999	Loose Women	Self	32
17	1999	Finest Hour	Commentary	0
18	2001	Waking the Dead	Dr. Grace Foley	72
19	2001	My Uncle Silas	Mrs. Betts	70
20	2002	Cutting It	Caroline Ferraday	67
21	2002	Timeshift	Self - Narrator	70
22	2004	Strictly Come Dancing	Self	59
23	2004	The Paul O'Grady Show		46
24	2004	Who Do You Think You Are?	Self	67
25	2006	The Street		77
26	2006	The One Show	Self - Guest	45
27	2006	Jam and Jerusalem	Sal Vine	70
28	2007	Would I Lie to You?	Self	77
29	2007	The Alan Titchmarsh Show	Self	37
30	2008	Little Dorrit	Affery / Affery Flintwinch	78
31	2010	A Passionate Woman	Betty (1980s)	67
32	2010	Downton Abbey	Miss Denker	81
33	2011	Baby Hospital		0
34	2011	Sugartown		85
35	2011	Celebrity Antiques Road Trip	Self - Participant	50
36	2012	Gates	Miss Hunter	70
37	2013	Being Eileen	Eileen Lewis	0
38	2016	Rovers	Doreen	68
39	2017	Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule	Self	80
40	2018	Age Before Beauty	Ivy-Rae Regan	33
41	2019	DNA Journey	Self	60
42	2019	The Cockfields	Sue	67
43	2021	Time	June Cobden	76
44	2021	Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors	Narrator	0
45	2022	The Responder	Madge	71
46	2024	Truelove	Marion	62
47	2024	Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two	Herself	0
48	2024	Generation Z	Cecily	57