Sue Johnston

82, from Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

Artwork for Downton Abbey: A New EraImage of Sue Johnston

Biography

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.

Timeline

2026Aged 83

  • Poster for Welcome to Borovia

    Matrashka

2025Aged 82

  • Poster for Big Winners

    Edith Thistle

  • Poster for Fackham Hall

    Great Aunt Bonaparte

  • Poster for Stuffed

    Lily

2024Aged 81

  • Poster for The Big Snow of '47

    Self - Narrator (voice)

2023Aged 80

  • Poster for The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa

    Self / Barbara Royle (archive footage)

  • Poster for Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family

    Barbara Royle (archive footage)

  • Poster for Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy

    Self

2022Aged 79

  • Poster for Downton Abbey: A New Era

    Gladys Denker

2021Aged 78

  • Poster for Help

    Gloria

  • Poster for Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story

    Self

2019Aged 76

  • Poster for The Cure

    Bella Bailey

2018Aged 75

  • Poster for Walk Like a Panther

    Gladys

  • Poster for Death on the Tyne

    Colleen

2017Aged 74

  • Poster for Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next

    Self - Narrator

  • Poster for Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story

    Narrator

  • Poster for Diana and the Paparazzi

    Narrator (voice)

2016Aged 73

  • Poster for Golden Years

    Nancy

  • Poster for World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys

    Self

  • Poster for British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

    Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)

2015Aged 72

  • Poster for The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One

    Self

2014Aged 71

2012Aged 69

  • Poster for The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring

    Barbara Royle

2011Aged 68

  • Poster for Lapland

    Eileen Lewis

2010Aged 67

  • Poster for The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

    Self

  • Poster for The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers

    Barbara

2009Aged 66

  • Poster for Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for The Golden Egg Cup

    Barbara Royle

  • Poster for The Turn of the Screw

    Sarah Grose

2008Aged 65

  • Poster for The Royle Family: The New Sofa

    Barbara Royle

2006Aged 63

  • Poster for Imagine Me & You

    Ella

2005Aged 62

  • Poster for Liverpool FC: One Night in May

    Self

2002Aged 59

  • Poster for There's Only One Paul McCartney

    Self

  • Poster for The Virgin Mary

    Self - Presenter

2001Aged 58

1999Aged 56

1998Aged 55

1997Aged 54

  • Poster for Preaching to the Perverted

    Esmeralda

  • Poster for Face

    Alice

  • Poster for Brookside: The Lost Weekend

    Sheila Grant

1996Aged 53

  • Poster for Brassed Off

    Vera

1994Aged 51

  • Poster for Measure for Measure

    Mistress Overdone

1992Aged 49

  • Poster for Bitter Harvest

    Miriam Johnson

Year unknown