
Sue Johnston
Birthday: 1943-12-07 | Place of Birth: Warrington, Cheshire, England, UKSusan 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Cecily
as Herself
as Marion
as Self
as Self
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Gloria
as Narrator
as Self
as Narrator
as Bella Bailey
as Sue
as Colleen
as Gladys
as Ivy-Rae Regan
as Narrator
as Self - Narrator
as Doreen
as Nancy
as Marjoram Bryon
as Stein
as Eileen Lewis
as Barbara Royle
as Miss Hunter
as Eileen Lewis
as Betty (1980s)