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Sue Johnston
AKA: Susan Wright · Susan Johnston, OBE
Acting
Born: 1943
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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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.
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| Show / Title | Year | Credit / Role |
|---|---|---|
| Dexter Procter | 2025 | Granny Bet |
| Play for Today | 2025 | Edith Thistle |
| Generation Z | 2024 | Cecily |
| Truelove | 2024 | Marion |
| The Responder | 2022 | Madge |
| Time | 2021 | June Cobden |
| The Cockfields | 2019 | Sue |
| DNA Journey | 2019 | Self |
| Celebrity Gogglebox | 2019 | Contributor |
| Age Before Beauty | 2018 | Ivy-Rae Regan |
| Rovers | 2016 | Doreen |
| Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | 2011 | Self - Participant |
| Downton Abbey | 2010 | Miss Denker |
| Little Dorrit | 2008 | Affery / Affery Flintwinch |
| The Alan Titchmarsh Show | 2007 | Self |
| Would I Lie to You? | 2007 | Self |
| Jam and Jerusalem | 2006 | Sal Vine |
| The Paul O'Grady Show | 2004 | Contributor |
| Strictly Come Dancing | 2004 | Self |
| Timeshift | 2002 | Self - Narrator |
| Cutting It | 2002 | Caroline Ferraday |
| Waking the Dead | 2001 | Dr. Grace Foley |
| Loose Women | 1999 | Self |
| Parkinson | 1998 | Self |
| Hetty Wainthropp Investigates | 1996 | Helga Allowby |
| Hollyoaks | 1995 | Sheila Grant |
| A Touch of Frost | 1992 | Phyllis Bowman |
| Performance | 1991 | Mistress Overdone |
| Inspector Morse | 1987 | Mrs. Bailey |
| ScreenPlay | 1986 | Miriam Johnson |
| Brookside | 1982 | Sheila Grant |
| Today | 1952 | Self |