
Sue Johnston
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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.Read full biography
TV Shows
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Dexter Procter (2025), Generation Z (2024), Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two (2024), Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors (2021), Taskmaster’s New Year Treat (2021), DNA Journey (2019), Age Before Beauty (2018), Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule (2017), Rovers (2016), Being Eileen (2013), Gates (2012), Baby Hospital (2011), Sugartown (2011), A Passionate Woman (2010), Little Dorrit (2008), The Street (2006), Jam and Jerusalem (2006), Cutting It (2002), Timeshift (2002), My Uncle Silas (2001), Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll (1999), Finest Hour (1999), The Royle Family (1998), Duck Patrol (1998), The Jump (1998), Crime Traveller (1997), Luv (1993), Full Stretch (1993), Goodbye Cruel World (1992), In Suspicious Circumstances (1991), Medics (1990)




















