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