Sue Johnston
Acting
đ 1943-12-07
Susan Johnston, OBE (nÊe Wright; born 7 December 1943) is an English actress known for playing Sheila Grant in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside (1982â1990), Barbara Royle in the BBC comedy The Royle Family (1998â2000, 2006, 2008â2010, 2012), Grace Foley in the BBC drama Waking the Dead (2000â2011), Gloria Price in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2012â2014) and Miss Denker in the ITV drama Downton Abbey (2014â2015). 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.
Cast credits(88)
Miss Denker
2010
Self - Guest
2006
Dr. Grace Foley
2001
Self
2007
Mrs. Bailey
1987
Phyllis Bowman
1992
Self
2004
Sheila Grant
1982
Self
1998
Self - Participant
2011
Mistress Overdone
1991
Self
2004
Self
2007
Self
1999
Self - Narrator
2002
2004
Gladys Denker
2022
June Cobden
2021
Caroline Ferraday
2002
Ella
2006
Helga Allowby
1996
Barbara Royle
1998
Madge
2022
2006
Marion
2024
Affery / Affery Flintwinch
2008
Cecily
2024
1990
Pat Phoenix
1998
Mrs. Betts
2001
Vera
1996
Self
2019
Sal Vine
2006
Sheila Grant
1998
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Barbara Royle
2012
Esmeralda
1997
Self
1952
Colleen
2018
Barbara Royle
2008
Self
2015
Marjoram Bryon
2014
Self
2017
Mrs. Fisher
2000
Alice
1997
Sarah Grose
2009
Self
2010
Sue
2019
Gladys
2018
Ivy-Rae Regan
2018
Doreen
2016
Self
2023
2005
Gloria
2021
Nancy
2016
Sheila Grant
1997
Barbara Royle
2009
1993
Miss Hunter
2012
Barbara
2010
Betty (1980s)
2010
Self
2021
Grace Robbins
1993
1999
1997
Mistress Overdone
1994
Bella Bailey
2019
Maeve Brunos
1998
2011
Val Rutland
1998
Irma
1999
Herself
2024
Eileen Lewis
2011
Narrator
2021
2011
Eileen Lewis
2013
Self - Narrator
2017
Narrator
2020
Self
2016
Commentary
1999
Narrator (voice)
2009
Nancy
Maggie
2001
Self - Presenter
2002
Miriam Johnson
1992
Narrator
2017
Narrator (voice)
2017