Sue Johnston

Sue Johnston

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Born 1943-12-07 Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK 8 credit(s) Popularity 0.9
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–...
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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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Dexter Procter poster
Dexter Procter
as Granny Bet
2025-12-01
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Play for Today poster
Play for Today
as Edith Thistle
2025-11-13
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Generation Z poster
Generation Z
as Cecily
2024-10-13
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Truelove poster
Truelove
as Marion
2024-01-03
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The Responder poster
The Responder
as Madge
2022-01-24
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Time poster
Time
as June Cobden
2021-06-06
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The Cockfields poster
The Cockfields
as Sue
2019-11-12
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DNA Journey poster
DNA Journey
as Self
2019-11-10
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