Acting credits
92
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Sue Johnston
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.3
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Movies: 41Series: 51
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 - 2026
Years active: 75
Average TMDB rating: 6.86
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.
as Matrashka
Welcome to Borovia
2026 • Movie
as Lily
Stuffed
2025 • Movie
as Great Aunt Bonaparte
Fackham Hall
2025 • Movie
as Edith Thistle
Big Winners
2025 • Movie
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Big Snow of '47
2024 • Movie
as Self
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
2023 • Movie
as Barbara Royle (archive footage)
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
2023 • Movie
as Self / Barbara Royle (archive footage)
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
2023 • Movie
as Gladys Denker
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022 • Movie
as Self
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2021 • Movie
as Gloria
Help
2021 • Movie
as Bella Bailey
The Cure
2019 • Movie
as Colleen
Death on the Tyne
2018 • Movie
as Gladys
Walk Like a Panther
2018 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Diana and the Paparazzi
2017 • Movie
as Narrator
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
2017 • Movie
as Self - Narrator
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
2017 • Movie
as Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016 • Movie
as Self
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
2016 • Movie
as Nancy
Golden Years
2016 • Movie
as Self
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
2015 • Movie
as Barbara Royle
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
2012 • Movie
as Eileen Lewis
Lapland
2011 • Movie
as Barbara
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
2010 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Sue Johnston.
as Sue • 6 eps
Ann Droid
2026 • Series
as Granny Bet • 1 eps
Dexter Procter
2025 • Series
as Edith Thistle • 1 eps
Play for Today
2025 • Series
as Cecily • 6 eps
Generation Z
2024 • Series
as Herself • 3 eps
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
2024 • Series
as Marion • 6 eps
Truelove
2024 • Series
as Madge • 1 eps
The Responder
2022 • Series
as Narrator • 2 eps
Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors
2021 • Series
as June Cobden • 3 eps
Time
2021 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Taskmaster’s New Year Treat
2021 • Series
as Sue • 9 eps
The Cockfields
2019 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
DNA Journey
2019 • Series
2 eps
Celebrity Gogglebox
2019 • Series
as Ivy-Rae Regan • 6 eps
Age Before Beauty
2018 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
2017 • Series
as Doreen • 6 eps
Rovers
2016 • Series
as Eileen Lewis • 6 eps
Being Eileen
2013 • Series
as Miss Hunter • 5 eps
Gates
2012 • Series
as Self - Participant • 1 eps
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 • Series
3 eps
Sugartown
2011 • Series
as Miss Denker • 6 eps
Downton Abbey
2010 • Series
as Betty (1980s) • 2 eps
A Passionate Woman
2010 • Series
as Affery / Affery Flintwinch • 14 eps
Little Dorrit
2008 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Would I Lie to You?
2007 • Series