Sue Johnston
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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
Fackham Hall (2025)
as Great Aunt Bonaparte
Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
as Gladys Denker
Imagine Me & You (2006)
as Ella
Brassed Off (1996)
as Vera
Stuffed (2025)
as Lily
Face (1997)
as Alice
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves (2016)
as Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
Help (2021)
as Gloria
Golden Years (2016)
as Nancy
Preaching to the Perverted (1997)
as Esmeralda
Walk Like a Panther (2018)
as Gladys
Big Winners (2025)
as Edith Thistle
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story (2021)
as Self
The Turn of the Screw (2009)
as Sarah Grose
The Cure (2019)
as Bella Bailey
Bitter Harvest (1992)
as Miriam Johnson
Lapland (2011)
as Eileen Lewis
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One (2015)
as Self
Measure for Measure (1994)
as Mistress Overdone
New Year's Day (2001)
as Mrs. Fisher
Death on the Tyne (2018)
as Colleen
There's Only One Paul McCartney (2002)
as Self
Score (2001)
as Maggie
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa (2010)
as Self
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers (2010)
as Barbara
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa (2023)
as Self / Barbara Royle (archive footage)
Bilby (—)
as Nancy
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy (2023)
as Self
Brookside: The Lost Weekend (1997)
as Sheila Grant
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring (2012)
as Barbara Royle
Brookside: Friday the 13th (1998)
as Sheila Grant
Caring for the Recently Deceased (2014)
as Marjoram Bryon
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll (1999)
Actor
The Golden Egg Cup (2009)
as Barbara Royle
The Royle Family: The New Sofa (2008)
as Barbara Royle
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys (2016)
as Self
The Big Snow of '47 (2024)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star (2020)
as Narrator
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It (2009)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Welcome to Borovia (2026)
as Matrashka
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family (2023)
as Barbara Royle (archive footage)
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds (1998)
as Pat Phoenix
Diana and the Paparazzi (2017)
as Narrator (voice)
Liverpool FC: One Night in May (2005)
as Self
The Virgin Mary (2002)
as Self - Presenter
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story (2017)
as Narrator
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next (2017)
as Self - Narrator