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.

Cast

Imagine Me & You

Preaching to the Perverted

David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story

The Turn of the Screw

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy

The Big Snow of '47

Self - Narrator (voice)

Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It

Narrator (voice)

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

Brookside: The Lost Weekend

Brookside: Friday the 13th

Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next

Self - Narrator

Caring for the Recently Deceased

Measure for Measure

Mistress Overdone

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)

Walk Like a Panther

Death on the Tyne

Diana and the Paparazzi

Narrator (voice)

Barbara's Old Ring

World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys

The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One

The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds

The Golden Egg Cup

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

The Virgin Mary

Self - Presenter

Liverpool FC: One Night in May

Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story

Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family

Barbara Royle (archive footage)

The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa

Self / Barbara Royle (archive footage)

Great Aunt Bonaparte