Sue Johnston
Acting Born Dec 7, 1943 Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK 24 credits
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.
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Full filmography
- Downton Abbey (2010) as Miss Denker
- Waking the Dead (2001) as Dr. Grace Foley
- A Touch of Frost (1992) as Phyllis Bowman
- Brookside (1982) as Sheila Grant
- Inspector Morse (1987) as Mrs. Bailey
- Loose Women (1999) as Self
- Would I Lie to You? (2007) as Self
- Hollyoaks (1995) as Sheila Grant
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2011) as Self - Participant
- Parkinson (1998) as Self
- The Paul O'Grady Show (2004)
- Strictly Come Dancing (2004) as Self
- Who Do You Think You Are? (2004) as Self
- The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007) as Self
- Performance (1991) as Mistress Overdone
- Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996) as Helga Allowby
- ScreenPlay (1986) as Miriam Johnson
- Time (2021) as June Cobden
- Celebrity Gogglebox (2019)
- Today (1952) as Self
- Timeshift (2002) as Self - Narrator
- The Responder (2022) as Madge
- Cutting It (2002) as Caroline Ferraday
- Little Dorrit (2008) as Affery / Affery Flintwinch