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.
Acting
TV
Downton Abbey
as Miss Denker
2010
Movie
Imagine Me & You
as Ella
2006
Movie
Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Gladys Denker
2022
Movie
Brassed Off
as Vera
1996
TV
Time
as June Cobden
2021
Movie
Fackham Hall
as Great Aunt Bonaparte
2025
TV
Inspector Morse
as Mrs. Bailey
1987
Movie
Help
as Gloria
2021
TV
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
2007
TV
The Responder
as Madge
2022
Movie
Face
as Alice
1997
TV
Little Dorrit
as Affery / Affery Flintwinch
2008
TV
A Touch of Frost
as Phyllis Bowman
1992
TV
Hollyoaks
as Sheila Grant
1995
TV
The Royle Family
as Barbara Royle
1998
TV
Waking the Dead
as Dr. Grace Foley
2001
TV
Strictly Come Dancing
as Self
2004
Movie
Golden Years
as Nancy
2016
Movie
The Turn of the Screw
as Sarah Grose
2009
Movie
Preaching to the Perverted
as Esmeralda
1997
TV
Today
as Self
1952
TV
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
2004
TV
Brookside
as Sheila Grant
1982
TV
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Helga Allowby
1996