Cast
Sue Johnston
Acting
Cast
Sue Johnston
Known for
Acting
Born
1943-12-07
From
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Also known as Susan Wright, Susan Johnston, OBE
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.
★7.2
MOVIE2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Gladys Denker
★6.7
MOVIE2025
Fackham Hall
as Great Aunt Bonaparte
★7.6
MOVIE2006
Imagine Me & You
as Ella
MOVIE2011
Lapland
as Eileen Lewis
MOVIE1992
Bitter Harvest
as Miriam Johnson
★6.0
MOVIE2025
Stuffed
as Lily
MOVIETBA
Bilby
as Nancy
★7.0
MOVIE1996
Brassed Off
as Vera
★5.0
MOVIE2026
Welcome to Borovia
as Matrashka
★7.7
MOVIE2008
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
as Barbara Royle
★4.7
MOVIE2009
The Turn of the Screw
as Sarah Grose
★7.2
MOVIE2010
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
as Barbara
MOVIE2025
Big Winners
as Edith Thistle
★6.1
MOVIE1997
Preaching to the Perverted
as Esmeralda
★7.0
MOVIE2012
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
as Barbara Royle
★8.0
MOVIE2002
There's Only One Paul McCartney
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE2016
Golden Years
as Nancy
★6.2
MOVIE2018
Walk Like a Panther
as Gladys
MOVIE2023
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
as Self / Barbara Royle (archive footage)
★3.3
MOVIE1994
Measure for Measure
as Mistress Overdone
★5.8
MOVIE2018
Death on the Tyne
as Colleen
★6.3
MOVIE1997
Face
as Alice
MOVIE2014
Caring for the Recently Deceased
as Marjoram Bryon
MOVIE1999
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
★5.3
MOVIE2001
New Year's Day
as Mrs. Fisher
★8.0
MOVIE2023
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2001
Score
as Maggie
★5.7
MOVIE2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE2021
Help
as Gloria
★9.3
MOVIE2015
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
as Self
★6.4
MOVIE2021
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2009
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE2002
The Virgin Mary
as Self - Presenter
MOVIE2024
The Big Snow of '47
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE2017
Diana and the Paparazzi
as Narrator (voice)
★8.0
MOVIE2009
The Golden Egg Cup
as Barbara Royle
★5.5
MOVIE1998
Brookside: Friday the 13th
as Sheila Grant
MOVIE2023
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
as Barbara Royle (archive footage)
★7.5
MOVIE2019
The Cure
as Bella Bailey
MOVIE2005
Liverpool FC: One Night in May
as Self
★7.6
MOVIE1997
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
as Sheila Grant
★7.0
MOVIE2016
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
as Self
★8.4
MOVIE2010
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
as Self
MOVIE2017
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
as Narrator
MOVIE2017
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
as Self - Narrator
★9.0
MOVIE1998
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
as Pat Phoenix
MOVIE2020
David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
as Narrator