Sue Johnston

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.

Casted

Imagine Me & You

Played Ella

Average Rating

7.6

1081 votes

Release Date

Jan 27, 2006

20 years ago
Downton Abbey: A New Era

Played Gladys Denker

Average Rating

7.2

568 votes

Release Date

Apr 27, 2022

4 years ago
Brassed Off

Played Vera

Average Rating

7.0

290 votes

Release Date

Nov 01, 1996

29 years ago
Help

Played Gloria

Average Rating

7.0

125 votes

Release Date

Sep 16, 2021

4 years ago
Face

Played Alice

Average Rating

6.2

77 votes

Release Date

Sep 26, 1997

28 years ago
Golden Years

Played Nancy

Average Rating

6.3

37 votes

Release Date

Apr 29, 2016

10 years ago
The Turn of the Screw

Played Sarah Grose

Average Rating

4.7

36 votes

Release Date

Dec 30, 2009

16 years ago
Preaching to the Perverted

Played Esmeralda

Average Rating

6.1

31 votes

Release Date

Jul 04, 1997

29 years ago
Death on the Tyne

Played Colleen

Average Rating

5.8

14 votes

Release Date

Dec 15, 2018

7 years ago
Walk Like a Panther

Played Gladys

Average Rating

6.2

10 votes

Release Date

Mar 09, 2018

8 years ago
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story

Played Self

Average Rating

6.5

6 votes

Release Date

Nov 29, 2021

4 years ago
New Year's Day

Played Mrs. Fisher

Average Rating

5.0

5 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 2000

26 years ago
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

Played Self

Average Rating

8.4

4 votes

Release Date

Nov 10, 2010

15 years ago
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy

Played Self

Average Rating

8.0

3 votes

Release Date

Dec 25, 2023

2 years ago
Brookside: The Lost Weekend

Played Sheila Grant

Average Rating

6.8

3 votes

Release Date

Nov 15, 1997

28 years ago
Barbara's Old Ring

Played Barbara Royle

Average Rating

7.0

3 votes

Release Date

Dec 25, 2012

13 years ago
The New Sofa

Played Barbara Royle

Average Rating

7.7

3 votes

Release Date

Dec 25, 2008

17 years ago
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One

Played Self

Average Rating

9.3

3 votes

Release Date

Nov 11, 2015

10 years ago
Joe's Crackers

Played Barbara

Average Rating

7.2

3 votes

Release Date

Dec 25, 2010

15 years ago
Brookside: Friday the 13th

Played Sheila Grant

Average Rating

5.5

2 votes

Release Date

Nov 14, 1998

27 years ago
Measure for Measure

Played Mistress Overdone

Average Rating

1.0

2 votes

Release Date

Nov 05, 1994

31 years ago
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

Played Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)

Average Rating

5.7

2 votes

Release Date

Sep 12, 2016

9 years ago
The Cure

Played Bella Bailey

Average Rating

7.5

2 votes

Release Date

Dec 19, 2019

6 years ago
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

May 27, 2009

17 years ago
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys

Played Self

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

May 22, 2016

10 years ago
The Golden Egg Cup

Played Barbara Royle

Average Rating

8.0

1 votes

Release Date

Dec 25, 2009

16 years ago
David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star

Played Narrator

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Dec 21, 2020

5 years ago
Bilby

Played Nancy

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes
The Big Snow of '47

Played Self - Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 2024

2 years ago
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Sep 05, 1999

26 years ago
Lapland

Played Eileen Lewis

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Dec 24, 2011

14 years ago
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next

Played Self - Narrator

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Feb 28, 2017

9 years ago
Caring for the Recently Deceased

Played Marjoram Bryon

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jul 28, 2014

11 years ago
Score

Played Maggie

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jun 05, 2001

25 years ago
Bitter Harvest

Played Miriam Johnson

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jul 22, 1992

34 years ago
Diana and the Paparazzi

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Aug 17, 2017

8 years ago
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds

Played Pat Phoenix

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Aug 30, 1998

28 years ago
The Virgin Mary

Played Self - Presenter

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Dec 22, 2002

23 years ago
Liverpool FC: One Night in May

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

May 24, 2005

21 years ago
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story

Played Narrator

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Apr 06, 2017

9 years ago
Big Winners

Played Edith Thistle

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Nov 20, 2025

4 months ago
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family

Played Barbara Royle (archive footage)

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Dec 25, 2023

2 years ago
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa

Played Self / Barbara Royle (archive footage)

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Sep 17, 2023

2 years ago

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