Sue Johnston
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.
Known for
- Brookside (1982)
- Loose Women (1999)
- Strictly Come Dancing (2004)
- Downton Abbey (2010)
- Hollyoaks (1995)
- The Paul O'Grady Show (2004)
- Waking the Dead (2001)
- Would I Lie to You? (2007)
- A Touch of Frost (1992)
- Today (1952)
- The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007)
- Parkinson (1998)
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2011)
- Inspector Morse (1987)
- Time (2021)
- Who Do You Think You Are? (2004)
- DNA Journey (2019)
- Performance (1991)
- ScreenPlay (1986)
- Celebrity Gogglebox (2019)