Sue Johnston

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

93

Gender

Female

Birthday

1943-12-07 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

Sue Johnston

Biography

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

    Downton Abbey

  • Strictly Come Dancing

    Strictly Come Dancing

  • Loose Women

    Loose Women

  • Would I Lie to You?

    Would I Lie to You?

  • Waking the Dead

    Waking the Dead

  • Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

  • A Touch of Frost

    A Touch of Frost

  • Brookside

    Brookside

  • The Paul O'Grady Show

    The Paul O'Grady Show

  • Hollyoaks

    Hollyoaks

  • Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

    Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

  • Who Do You Think You Are?

    Who Do You Think You Are?

  • Parkinson

    Parkinson

  • The Alan Titchmarsh Show

    The Alan Titchmarsh Show

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Time

    Time

  • Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

    Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

  • Downton Abbey: A New Era

    Downton Abbey: A New Era

  • Truelove

    Truelove

  • Help

    Help

  • Lapland

    Lapland

  • Timeshift

    Timeshift

  • The Cure

    The Cure

  • Imagine Me & You

    Imagine Me & You

  • The Royle Family

    The Royle Family

  • Little Dorrit

    Little Dorrit

  • The Street

    The Street

  • Today

    Today

  • The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One

    The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One

  • Brassed Off

    Brassed Off

  • Golden Years

    Golden Years

  • The Responder

    The Responder

  • Cutting It

    Cutting It

  • Face

    Face

  • Generation Z

    Generation Z

  • Bitter Harvest

    Bitter Harvest

  • Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story

    Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story

  • Bilby

    Bilby

  • Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

    Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

  • Jam and Jerusalem

    Jam and Jerusalem

  • Big Winners

    Big Winners

  • Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule

    Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule

  • The Cockfields

    The Cockfields

  • Medics

    Medics

  • The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

    The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

  • Taskmaster’s New Year Treat

    Taskmaster’s New Year Treat

  • Measure for Measure

    Measure for Measure

  • New Year's Day

    New Year's Day

  • Brookside: Friday the 13th

    Brookside: Friday the 13th

  • Walk Like a Panther

    Walk Like a Panther

  • Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

    Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

  • Preaching to the Perverted

    Preaching to the Perverted

  • Duck Patrol

    Duck Patrol

  • Death on the Tyne

    Death on the Tyne

  • The Turn of the Screw

    The Turn of the Screw

  • DNA Journey

    DNA Journey

  • My Uncle Silas

    My Uncle Silas

  • Rovers

    Rovers

  • Age Before Beauty

    Age Before Beauty

  • Caring for the Recently Deceased

    Caring for the Recently Deceased

  • Diana and the Paparazzi

    Diana and the Paparazzi

  • Liverpool FC: One Night in May

    Liverpool FC: One Night in May

  • Brookside: The Lost Weekend

    Brookside: The Lost Weekend

  • The New Sofa

    The New Sofa

  • Sugartown

    Sugartown

  • Gates

    Gates

  • A Passionate Woman

    A Passionate Woman

  • The Golden Egg Cup

    The Golden Egg Cup

  • Full Stretch

    Full Stretch

  • The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa

    The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa

  • The Virgin Mary

    The Virgin Mary

  • Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy

    Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy

  • Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story

    Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story

  • The Jump

    The Jump

  • Joe's Crackers

    Joe's Crackers

  • Crime Traveller

    Crime Traveller

  • Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family

    Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family

  • Barbara's Old Ring

    Barbara's Old Ring

  • World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys

    World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys

  • Dexter Procter

    Dexter Procter

  • Being Eileen

    Being Eileen

  • Score

    Score

  • Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It

    Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It

  • Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two

    Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two

  • Luv

    Luv

  • British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

    British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

  • Baby Hospital

    Baby Hospital

  • Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors

    Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors

  • Finest Hour

    Finest Hour

  • The Big Snow of '47

    The Big Snow of '47

  • The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds

    The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds

  • David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star

    David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star

  • Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next

    Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next