As Actor
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2021
6.5
Sue Johnston
Acting
Birth date
December 7, 1943
Birth place
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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.
Featured in
As Actor
Help
2021
7.1
As Actor
Death on the Tyne
2018
5.8
As Actor
Walk Like a Panther
2018
6.2
As Actor
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
2015
9.3
As Actor
The Turn of the Screw
2009
4.8
As Actor
The Golden Egg Cup
2009
8.0
As Actor
Imagine Me & You
2006
7.6
As Actor
New Year's Day
2000
5.0
As Actor
Preaching to the Perverted
1997
6.1
As Actor
Brassed Off
1996
7.0