Personal Info
Known Credits
43
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1943-12-07 (82 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Also Known For
Susan WrightSusan Johnston, OBE
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 ...
Known For
Acting
2025 --
Downton Abbey 3
| Gladys Denker
2024 --
The Big Snow of '47
| Self - Narrator (voice)
2023 --
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
| Self
2022 --
Downton Abbey: A New Era
| Gladys Denker
2021 --
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
| Self
2021 --
Help
| Gloria
2020 --
David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
| Narrator
2019 --
The Cure
| Bella Bailey
2018 --
Death on the Tyne
| Colleen
2018 --
Walk Like a Panther
| Gladys
2017 --
Diana and the Paparazzi
| Narrator (voice)
2017 --
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
| Self - Narrator
2016 --
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
| Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016 --
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
| Self
2016 --
Golden Years
| Nancy
2015 --
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
| Self
2014 --
Caring for the Recently Deceased
| Marjoram Bryon
2014 --
500 Miles North
| Stein
2012 --
Barbara's Old Ring
| Barbara Royle
2011 --
Lapland
| Eileen Lewis
2010 --
Joe's Crackers
| Barbara
2010 --
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
| Self
2009 --
The Turn of the Screw
| Sarah Grose
2009 --
The Golden Egg Cup
| Barbara Royle
2009 --
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
| Narrator (voice)
2008 --
The New Sofa
| Barbara Royle
2006 --
The Queen of Sheba
| Barbara Royle
2006 --
Imagine Me & You
| Ella
2005 --
Liverpool FC: One Night in May
|
2002 --
The Virgin Mary
| Self - Presenter
2001 --
Score
| Maggie
2000 --
New Year's Day
| Mrs. Fisher
1999 --
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
|
1998 --
Brookside: Friday the 13th
| Sheila Grant
1998 --
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
| Pat Phoenix
1997 --
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
| Sheila Grant
1997 --
Face
| Alice
1997 --
Preaching to the Perverted
| Esmeralda
1996 --
Brassed Off
| Vera
1994 --
Measure for Measure
| Mistress Overdone
1992 --
Bitter Harvest
| Miriam Johnson