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