Sue Johnston
Known for: Acting
Born: December 6, 1943 in Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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
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Imagine Me & You
Ella
Help
Gloria
Preaching to the Perverted
Esmeralda
David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
Narrator
Brassed Off
Vera
Face
Alice
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
Self
The Turn of the Screw
Sarah Grose
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Gladys Denker
Bilby
Nancy
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
Self
The Big Snow of '47
Self - Narrator (voice)
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
Self - Narrator (voice)
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
Lapland
Eileen Lewis
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
Sheila Grant
Brookside: Friday the 13th
Sheila Grant
Golden Years
Nancy
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
Self - Narrator
Caring for the Recently Deceased
Marjoram Bryon
Measure for Measure
Mistress Overdone
New Year's Day
Mrs. Fisher
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
Walk Like a Panther
Gladys