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
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
Strictly Come Dancing
Self
Would I Lie to You?
Self
Timeshift
Self - Narrator
Brookside
Sheila Grant
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Helga Allowby
Downton Abbey
Miss Denker
Performance
Mistress Overdone
Waking the Dead
Dr. Grace Foley
A Touch of Frost
Phyllis Bowman
Duck Patrol
Val Rutland
Medics
Time
June Cobden
The Royle Family
Barbara Royle
Jam and Jerusalem
Sal Vine
Inspector Morse
Mrs. Bailey
DNA Journey
Self
Generation Z
Cecily
The Responder
Madge
Cutting It
Caroline Ferraday
Truelove
Marion
A Passionate Woman
Betty (1980s)
Sugartown
Age Before Beauty
Ivy-Rae Regan
Gates
Miss Hunter
Full Stretch
Grace Robbins
Luv
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
Irma
Being Eileen
Eileen Lewis
The Jump
Maeve Brunos
Little Dorrit
Affery / Affery Flintwinch
Rovers
Doreen
My Uncle Silas
Mrs. Betts
The Cockfields
Sue
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
Herself
The Street
Imagine Me & You
Ella
Baby Hospital
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Gladys Denker
Finest Hour
Commentary
Face
Alice
Crime Traveller
Help
Gloria
Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors
Narrator
Brassed Off
Vera
Preaching to the Perverted
Esmeralda
Death on the Tyne
Colleen
Measure for Measure
Mistress Overdone
Golden Years
Nancy
The Turn of the Screw
Sarah Grose
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
Self
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
Walk Like a Panther
Gladys
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
Self
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Self
New Year's Day
Mrs. Fisher
Score
Maggie
Brookside: Friday the 13th
Sheila Grant
The Cure
Bella Bailey
Joe's Crackers
Barbara
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
Self
Lapland
Eileen Lewis
Bilby
Nancy
Diana and the Paparazzi
Narrator (voice)
The New Sofa
Barbara Royle
The Golden Egg Cup
Barbara Royle
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
Pat Phoenix
Caring for the Recently Deceased
Marjoram Bryon
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
Narrator (voice)
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
Sheila Grant
500 Miles North
Stein
Bitter Harvest
Miriam Johnson
Barbara's Old Ring
Barbara Royle
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
Liverpool FC: One Night in May
The Big Snow of '47
Self - Narrator (voice)
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
Self
The Paul O'Grady Show
David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
Narrator
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
Loose Women
Self
Parkinson
Self
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
Self - Narrator
The One Show
Self - Guest
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
The Virgin Mary
Self - Presenter
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
Self
Today
Self
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
Narrator