Sue Johnston
Acting
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.
Stuffed
Lily
Fackham Hall
Great Aunt Bonaparte
Big Winners
Edith Thistle
The Big Snow of '47
Self - Narrator (voice)
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
Barbara Royle (archive footage)
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
Self
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
Self / Barbara Royle (archive footage)
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Gladys Denker
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
Self
Help
Gloria
David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
Narrator
The Cure
Bella Bailey
Death on the Tyne
Colleen
Walk Like a Panther
Gladys
Diana and the Paparazzi
Narrator (voice)
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
Narrator
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
Self - Narrator
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
Self
Golden Years
Nancy
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
Self
Caring for the Recently Deceased
Marjoram Bryon
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
Barbara Royle
Lapland
Eileen Lewis
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
Barbara
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Self
The Turn of the Screw
Sarah Grose
The Golden Egg Cup
Barbara Royle
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
Barbara Royle
Imagine Me & You
Ella
Liverpool FC: One Night in May
The Virgin Mary
Self - Presenter
Score
Maggie
New Year's Day
Mrs. Fisher
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
Brookside: Friday the 13th
Sheila Grant
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
Pat Phoenix
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
Sheila Grant
Face
Alice
Preaching to the Perverted
Esmeralda
Brassed Off
Vera
Measure for Measure
Mistress Overdone
Bitter Harvest
Miriam Johnson