Acting credits
85
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Sue Johnston
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.3
Moderate attention
TMDB internal trend index. Higher usually means more searches and page activity now.
Movies: 39Series: 46
TMDB ID: 21553
IMDb ID: nm0426855
Known for: Acting
Born: December 7, 1943
Age: 82
Place of birth: Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1952 - 2025
Years active: 74
Average TMDB rating: 6.85
Wikidata: Q2335065
Also known as
Susan Wright • Susan Johnston, OBE
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Sue Johnston.
6.2
Stuffed
as Lily
2025 Movie
6.9
Fackham Hall
as Great Aunt Bonaparte
2025 Movie
Big Winners
as Edith Thistle
2025 Movie
The Big Snow of '47
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024 Movie
8.0
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
as Self
2023 Movie
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
as Barbara Royle (archive footage)
2023 Movie
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
as Self / Barbara Royle (archive footage)
2023 Movie
7.2
Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Gladys Denker
2022 Movie
6.4
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
as Self
2021 Movie
7.1
Help
as Gloria
2021 Movie
7.5
The Cure
as Bella Bailey
2019 Movie
5.8
Death on the Tyne
as Colleen
2018 Movie
6.2
Walk Like a Panther
as Gladys
2018 Movie
Diana and the Paparazzi
as Narrator (voice)
2017 Movie
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
as Narrator
2017 Movie
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
as Self - Narrator
2017 Movie
5.7
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016 Movie
7.0
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
as Self
2016 Movie
6.3
Golden Years
as Nancy
2016 Movie
9.3
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
as Self
2015 Movie
7.0
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
as Barbara Royle
2012 Movie
Lapland
as Eileen Lewis
2011 Movie
7.2
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
as Barbara
2010 Movie
8.4
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
as Self
2010 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Sue Johnston.
Dexter Procter
as Granny Bet • 1 eps
2025 Series
5.5
Generation Z
as Cecily • 6 eps
2024 Series
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
as Herself • 3 eps
2024 Series
6.4
Truelove
as Marion • 6 eps
2024 Series
7.1
The Responder
as Madge • 1 eps
2022 Series
Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors
as Narrator • 2 eps
2021 Series
7.6
Time
as June Cobden • 3 eps
2021 Series
Taskmaster’s New Year Treat
as Self • 1 eps
2021 Series
6.4
The Cockfields
as Sue • 9 eps
2019 Series
6.0
DNA Journey
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
2.8
Age Before Beauty
as Ivy-Rae Regan • 6 eps
2018 Series
8.0
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
as Self • 1 eps
2017 Series
6.8
Rovers
as Doreen • 6 eps
2016 Series
Being Eileen
as Eileen Lewis • 6 eps
2013 Series
7.0
Gates
as Miss Hunter • 5 eps
2012 Series
5.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant • 1 eps
2011 Series
8.5
Sugartown
3 eps
2011 Series
8.1
Downton Abbey
as Miss Denker • 6 eps
2010 Series
5.9
A Passionate Woman
as Betty (1980s) • 2 eps
2010 Series
7.8
Little Dorrit
as Affery / Affery Flintwinch • 14 eps
2008 Series
7.8
Would I Lie to You?
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series
7.0
Jam and Jerusalem
as Sal Vine • 19 eps
2006 Series
7.7
The Street
1 eps
2006 Series
6.7
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self • 1 eps
2004 Series