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Sue Johnston
Acting
Born: December 7, 1943
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.
Known For
Imagine Me & You
as Ella
Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Gladys Denker
Brassed Off
as Vera
Death on the Tyne
as Colleen
Help
as Gloria
Preaching to the Perverted
as Esmeralda
Golden Years
as Nancy
The Turn of the Screw
as Sarah Grose
Face
as Alice
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
