Sue Johnston

Sue Johnston
Born
Susan Wright

(1943-12-07) 7 December 1943 (age 80)
OccupationActress
Years active1980–present
TelevisionBrookside
Crime Traveller
The Royle Family
Waking the Dead
Jam and Jerusalem
Coronation Street
Being Eileen
Downton Abbey
Spouse(s)Neil Johnston
(m. 1967; div. 1970)
David Pammenter
(m. 1976; div. 1980)
Children1

Sue Johnston OBE (born Susan Wright, 7 December 1943) is an English actress. She is known for portraying Sheila Grant in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside (1982–1990), Barbara Royle in the BBC comedy The Royle Family (1998–2012), 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[1] for The Royle Family.

  1. ^ "Sue Johnston on the oddness of women". inews.co.uk. 29 December 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

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