![Sue Johnston](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/aXMjpy2SyhkRI27SUgDqd3MppgD.jpg)
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 | Acting |
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Most Rating | 6.499 |
Birthday | 1943-12-07 |
Place of Birth | Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK |
Also Known As | Susan Wright, Susan Johnston, OBE, |
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2006
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7.6/984
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1997
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6.1/22
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1997
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6.227/67
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1996
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Brassed Off
7.038/262
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2009
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5/30
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0/0
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2014
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500 Miles North
7.5/6
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1999
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Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
0/0
The BBC drama about growing up in the turbulent, tuneful '60s. Manchester, England, 1965. "You'll never meet anybody worth knowing working at the Chip...
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1997
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Brookside: The Lost Weekend
6.8/3
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1998
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Brookside: Friday the 13th
5.5/2
There is trouble a-plenty in store for the Corkhill clan in this video-only special. Series creator Phil Redmond has returned to pen a dramatic script...
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2016
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6.4/34
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2014
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Caring for the Recently Deceased
0/0
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1994
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1/1
Modern dress adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
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2016
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British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
5.667/2
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2000
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New Year's Day
5/5
Two 17-year-old boys mark the new year by doing twelve dangerous but exciting tasks set for them by their friends.
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2018
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Walk Like a Panther
6.2/10
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2001
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0/0
Comedy about a Sunday League football team who win the Lottery.
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2018
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6.4/10
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1992
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Bitter Harvest
0/0
A young black British woman goes to the Dominican Republic as an aid worker. When she goes missing, her parents make an emotional journey to piece tog...
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2017
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0/0
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2012
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Barbara's Old Ring
7/3
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2008
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7.7/3
Festive special edition of the hit family sitcom. Inspired by Nigella Lawson, Denise decides to cook Christmas dinner for the family. Jim provides the...
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2019
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The Cure
7.5/2
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2016
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7/1
A retelling of England's only World Cup victory, fifty years later, placing special emphasis on the work of manager Sir Alf Ramsey.
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2015
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9/2
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2006
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The Queen of Sheba
7.5/1
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1998
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The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
0/0
Sue Johnston stars in this intimate drama exploring the life of Coronation Street star Pat Phoenix. Follow her affair with fellow actor Tony Booth in...
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2010
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7.2/3
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2009
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The Golden Egg Cup
8/1
Jim and Barbara have received the gift of money from their children - but what to do with it? Barbara wants to finally go abroad, while Jim favours bu...
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2010
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8.375/4
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2021
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7.073/109
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2021
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6.5/6
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2022
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Downton Abbey: A New Era
7.187/447
The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the south of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa. Meanwhile, a...
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0/0
Fred is an ice cream van man, unfortunately he is manslipping down the leaderboard of ice cream sales. Lucy and Grumble give him the advice to embark...
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2020
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David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
0/0
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2023
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Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
8/3
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2024
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0/0
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2024
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0/0
Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston celebrate four decades on screen together, as the two acting stalwarts share the meaningful locations around the coun...
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2009
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Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
7/1
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