Acting

Sue Johnston

1943-12-07 · Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

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.

Movies & TV shows

80 credits

Downton Abbey

2010 · Miss Denker

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Hollyoaks

1995 · Sheila Grant

Not in this catalog

Loose Women

1999 · Self

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Brookside

1982 · Sheila Grant

Not in this catalog

Would I Lie to You?

2007 · Self

Not in this catalog

A Touch of Frost

1992 · Phyllis Bowman

Not in this catalog

Parkinson

1998 · Self

Not in this catalog

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011 · Self - Participant

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Strictly Come Dancing

2004 · Self

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Waking the Dead

2001 · Dr. Grace Foley

Not in this catalog

The Paul O'Grady Show

2004

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No poster

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

2007 · Self

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Inspector Morse

1987 · Mrs. Bailey

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Today

1952 · Self

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Who Do You Think You Are?

2004 · Self

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Performance

1991 · Mistress Overdone

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Celebrity Gogglebox

2019

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ScreenPlay

1986 · Miriam Johnson

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Timeshift

2002 · Self - Narrator

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Time

2021 · June Cobden

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Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

1996 · Helga Allowby

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In Suspicious Circumstances

1991 · Edith Rosse

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Ann Droid

2026 · Sue

The Responder

2022 · Madge

Not in this catalog

DNA Journey

2019 · Self

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MOVIE

Downton Abbey: A New Era

2022 · Gladys Denker

Little Dorrit

2008 · Affery / Affery Flintwinch

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The Street

2006

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Jam and Jerusalem

2006 · Sal Vine

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The Royle Family

1998 · Barbara Royle

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Cutting It

2002 · Caroline Ferraday

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MOVIE

Imagine Me & You

2006 · Ella

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

1999 · Irma

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Generation Z

2024 · Cecily

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MOVIE

Fackham Hall

2025 · Great Aunt Bonaparte

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Taskmaster’s New Year Treat

2021 · Self

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The Cockfields

2019 · Sue

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Truelove

2024 · Marion

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Duck Patrol

1998 · Val Rutland

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Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule

2017 · Self

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My Uncle Silas

2001 · Mrs Betts

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MOVIE

Lapland

2011 · Eileen Lewis

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MOVIE

Brassed Off

1996 · Vera

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Medics

1990

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The Jump

1998 · Maeve Brunos

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Dexter Procter

2025 · Granny Bet

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MOVIE

Bilby

— · Nancy

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No poster

Verdict

1998 · Hazel De Vere Q.C.

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Crime Traveller

1997 · Detective Chief Inspector Kate Grisham

Not in this catalog

No poster

Full Stretch

1993 · Grace Robbins

Not in this catalog

MOVIE

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

2016 · Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)

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MOVIE

Stuffed

2025 · Lily

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A Passionate Woman

2010 · Betty (1980s)

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Rovers

2016 · Doreen

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Play for Today

2025 · Edith Thistle

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Age Before Beauty

2018 · Ivy-Rae Regan

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MOVIE

Bitter Harvest

1992 · Miriam Johnson

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Sugartown

2011

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Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two

2024 · Herself

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No poster

Luv

1993

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MOVIE

The Turn of the Screw

2009 · Sarah Grose

Not in this catalog

MOVIE

Preaching to the Perverted

1997 · Esmeralda

Not in this catalog

MOVIE

Big Winners

2025 · Edith Thistle

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Goodbye Cruel World

1992 · Barbara Grade

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Gates

2012 · Miss Hunter

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MOVIE

There's Only One Paul McCartney

2002 · Self

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MOVIE

Help

2021 · Gloria

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MOVIE

Golden Years

2016 · Nancy

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Baby Hospital

2011

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MOVIE

Face

1997 · Alice

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MOVIE

Death on the Tyne

2018 · Colleen

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Being Eileen

2013 · Eileen Lewis

Not in this catalog

MOVIE

Welcome to Borovia

2026 · Matrashka

Not in this catalog

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MOVIE

Caring for the Recently Deceased

2014 · Marjoram Bryon

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MOVIE

The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One

2015 · Self

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MOVIE

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

2010 · Self

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MOVIE

Walk Like a Panther

2018 · Gladys

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MOVIE

The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring

2012 · Barbara Royle

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MOVIE

New Year's Day

2001 · Mrs. Fisher

Not in this catalog

MOVIE

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story

2021 · Self

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