Sue Johnston
December 7, 1943 (82 years old) 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
Credits
- 2025 · Big Winners as Edith Thistle
- 2024 · Truelove as Marion
- 2022 · Downton Abbey: A New Era as Gladys Denker
- 2022 · The Responder as Madge
- 2021 · Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story as Self
- 2021 · Help as Gloria
- 2021 · Time as June Cobden
- 2019 · The Cure as Bella Bailey
- 2018 · Death on the Tyne as Colleen
- 2018 · Walk Like a Panther as Gladys
- 2017 · Diana and the Paparazzi as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Golden Years as Nancy
- 2015 · The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One as Self
- 2014 · Caring for the Recently Deceased as Marjoram Bryon
- 2011 · Lapland as Eileen Lewis
- 2011 · Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
- 2010 · Downton Abbey as Miss Denker
- 2009 · The Turn of the Screw as Sarah Grose
- 2008 · Little Dorrit as Affery / Affery Flintwinch
- 2007 · The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
- 2007 · Would I Lie to You? as Self
- 2006 · The Street as
- 2006 · Imagine Me & You as Ella
- 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2004 · The Paul O'Grady Show as
- 2004 · Strictly Come Dancing as Self
- 2002 · Timeshift as Self - Narrator
- 2002 · Cutting It as Caroline Ferraday
- 2001 · Waking the Dead as Dr. Grace Foley
- 1999 · Loose Women as Self
- 1999 · Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll as Irma
- 1999 · Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll as