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.
Imagine Me & You
(Ella)
Help
(Gloria)
Preaching to the Perverted
(Esmeralda)
David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
(Narrator)
Brassed Off
(Vera)
Face
(Alice)
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
(Self)
The Turn of the Screw
(Sarah Grose)
Downton Abbey: A New Era
(Gladys Denker)
Bilby
(Nancy)
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
(Self)
The Big Snow of '47
(Self - Narrator (voice))
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
(Narrator (voice))
500 Miles North
(Stein)
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
Lapland
(Eileen Lewis)
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
(Sheila Grant)
Brookside: Friday the 13th
(Sheila Grant)
Golden Years
(Nancy)
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
(Self - Narrator)
Caring for the Recently Deceased
(Marjoram Bryon)
Downton Abbey 3
(Gladys Denker)
Measure for Measure
(Mistress Overdone)
The Cockfields Christmas Special
New Year's Day
(Mrs. Fisher)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
(Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited))
Walk Like a Panther
(Gladys)
Score
(Maggie)
Death on the Tyne
(Colleen)
Bitter Harvest
(Miriam Johnson)
Diana and the Paparazzi
(Narrator (voice))
Barbara's Old Ring
(Barbara Royle)
The New Sofa
(Barbara Royle)
The Cure
(Bella Bailey)
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
(Self)
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
(Self)
The Queen of Sheba
(Barbara Royle)
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
(Pat Phoenix)
Joe's Crackers
(Barbara)
The Golden Egg Cup
(Barbara Royle)
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
(Self)
The Virgin Mary
(Self - Presenter)
Jam and Jerusalem
(Sal Vine)
The One Show
(Self - Guest)
Brookside
(Sheila Grant)
Strictly Come Dancing
(Self)
Today
(Self)
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
(Irma)
A Touch of Frost
(Phyllis Bowman)
Crime Traveller
The Paul O'Grady Show
Inspector Morse
(Mrs. Bailey)
Who Do You Think You Are?
(Self)
The Royle Family
(Barbara Royle)
Waking the Dead
(Dr. Grace Foley)
Luv
Little Dorrit
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
(Self)
The Street
Medics
Cutting It
(Caroline Ferraday)
Duck Patrol
(Val Rutland)
A Passionate Woman
(Betty (1980s))
Baby Hospital
Timeshift
(Self - Narrator)
Sugartown
The Jump
(Maeve Brunos)
Performance
(Mistress Overdone)
Would I Lie to You?
(Self)
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
(Self)
Rovers
(Doreen)
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
(Helga Allowby)
Downton Abbey
(Miss Denker)
Gates
(Miss Hunter)
Generation Z
(Cecily)
Being Eileen
(Eileen Lewis)
Age Before Beauty
(Ivy-Rae Regan)
Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors
(Narrator)
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
(Self - Participant)
My Uncle Silas
(Mrs. Betts)
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
(Herself)
Full Stretch
(Grace Robbins)
The Cockfields
(Sue)
Truelove
(Marion)
Loose Women
(Self)
The Responder
(Madge)
Time
(June Cobden)
Parkinson
(Self)
DNA Journey
(Self)