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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1943-12-07 (81 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

Acting

2024

The Big Snow of '47 as Self - Narrator (voice)
Generation Z as Cecily
Truelove as Marion

2023

2022

Downton Abbey: A New Era as Gladys Denker
The Responder as Madge

2021

Help as Gloria
Time as June Cobden

2020

2019

The Cure as Bella Bailey
DNA Journey as Self

2018

Age Before Beauty as Ivy-Rae Regan

2017

Diana and the Paparazzi as Narrator (voice)

2016

Golden Years as Nancy
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves as Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rovers as Doreen

2015

Taskmaster as Self

2014

2013

Being Eileen as Eileen Lewis

2012

Barbara's Old Ring as Barbara Royle
Gates as Miss Hunter

2011

Lapland as Eileen Lewis
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant

2010

Joe's Crackers as Barbara
A Passionate Woman as Betty (1980s)
Downton Abbey as Miss Denker

2009

The Turn of the Screw as Sarah Grose
The Golden Egg Cup as Barbara Royle

2008

The New Sofa as Barbara Royle

2007

2006

Jam and Jerusalem as Sal Vine
The One Show as Self - Guest

2005

2004

2002

The Virgin Mary as Self - Presenter
Cutting It as Caroline Ferraday
Timeshift as Self - Narrator

2001

Score as Maggie
Waking the Dead as Dr. Grace Foley
My Uncle Silas as Mrs. Betts

2000

New Year's Day as Mrs. Fisher

1999

Loose Women as Self
Finest Hour as Commentary

1998

The Royle Family as Barbara Royle
Duck Patrol as Val Rutland
The Jump as Maeve Brunos
Parkinson as Self

1997

Face as Alice

1996

Brassed Off as Vera

1994

Measure for Measure as Mistress Overdone

1993

Full Stretch as Grace Robbins

1992

Bitter Harvest as Miriam Johnson
A Touch of Frost as Phyllis Bowman

1991

Performance as Mistress Overdone

1990

1987

Inspector Morse as Mrs. Bailey

1982

Brookside as Sheila Grant

1952

Today as Self

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Bilby as Nancy