Sue Johnston
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1943-12-07 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Also known As
Susan Wright
Susan Johnston, OBE
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.
Acting
2006
as Ella
2021
as Gloria
1997
as Esmeralda
2020
as Narrator
1996
as Vera
1997
as Alice
2021
2009
as Sarah Grose
2022
as Gladys Denker
-
as Nancy
2023
2024
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2009
as Narrator (voice)
2011
as Eileen Lewis
1997
as Sheila Grant
1998
as Sheila Grant
2016
as Nancy
2017
as Self - Narrator
2014
as Marjoram Bryon
1994
as Mistress Overdone
2000
as Mrs. Fisher
2016
as Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018
as Gladys
2001
as Maggie
2018
as Colleen
1992
as Miriam Johnson
2017
as Narrator (voice)
2012
as Barbara Royle
2008
as Barbara Royle
2019
as Bella Bailey
2016
as Self
2015
1998
as Pat Phoenix
2010
as Barbara
2009
as Barbara Royle
2010
2002
as Self - Presenter
2017
as Narrator
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