Sue Johnston

Sue Johnston

🎂 7th December 1943 (82 yrs) 📍 Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

Known For

Imagine Me & You

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.

Sue Johnston

Movies Featuring Sue Johnston

Stuffed

Stuffed (2025)

as Lily
Fackham Hall

Fackham Hall (2025)

as Great Aunt Bonaparte
Big Winners

Big Winners (2025)

as Edith Thistle
The Big Snow of '47

The Big Snow of '47 (2024)

as Self - Narrator (voice)
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy

Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy (2023)

as Self
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family

Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family (2023)

as Barbara Royle (archive footage)
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa

The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa (2023)

as Self / Barbara Royle (archive footage)
Downton Abbey: A New Era

Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)

as Gladys Denker
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story (2021)

as Self
Help

Help (2021)

as Gloria
No Image

David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star (2020)

as Narrator
The Cure

The Cure (2019)

as Bella Bailey
Death on the Tyne

Death on the Tyne (2018)

as Colleen
Walk Like a Panther

Walk Like a Panther (2018)

as Gladys
Diana and the Paparazzi

Diana and the Paparazzi (2017)

as Narrator (voice)
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story

Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story (2017)

as Narrator
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next

Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next (2017)

as Self - Narrator
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves (2016)

as Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys

World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys (2016)

as Self
Golden Years

Golden Years (2016)

as Nancy
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One

The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One (2015)

as Self
No Image

Caring for the Recently Deceased (2014)

as Marjoram Bryon
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring

The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring (2012)

as Barbara Royle
Lapland

Lapland (2011)

as Eileen Lewis
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers

The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers (2010)

as Barbara
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa (2010)

as Self
The Turn of the Screw

The Turn of the Screw (2009)

as Sarah Grose
The Golden Egg Cup

The Golden Egg Cup (2009)

as Barbara Royle
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It

Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It (2009)

as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Royle Family: The New Sofa

The Royle Family: The New Sofa (2008)

as Barbara Royle
Imagine Me & You

Imagine Me & You (2006)

as Ella
Liverpool FC: One Night in May

Liverpool FC: One Night in May (2005)

The Virgin Mary

The Virgin Mary (2002)

as Self - Presenter
New Year's Day

New Year's Day (2001)

as Mrs. Fisher
No Image

Score (2001)

as Maggie
No Image

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll (1999)

No Image

Brookside: Friday the 13th (1998)

as Sheila Grant
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds

The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds (1998)

as Pat Phoenix
Brookside: The Lost Weekend

Brookside: The Lost Weekend (1997)

as Sheila Grant
Face

Face (1997)

as Alice
Preaching to the Perverted

Preaching to the Perverted (1997)

as Esmeralda
Brassed Off

Brassed Off (1996)

as Vera
Measure for Measure

Measure for Measure (1994)

as Mistress Overdone
Bitter Harvest

Bitter Harvest (1992)

as Miriam Johnson
No Image

Bilby (N/A)

as Nancy