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 |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.115 |
| Birthday | 1943-12-07 |
| Place of Birth | Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Susan Wright, Susan Johnston, OBE, |
2006
Imagine Me & You
7.6/1135
During her wedding ceremony, Rachel notices Luce in the audience and feels instantly drawn to her. The two women become close friends, and when Rachel...
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Imagine Me & You
2021
Help
7.021/146
Sarah seems to have found her calling working in a Liverpool care home where she has a special talent for connecting with the residents. Then, in Marc...
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Help
1997
Preaching to the Perverted
6.2/37
A computer wizard infiltrates a London sex club to get evidence for a shutdown, but falls for the proprietress.
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Preaching to the Perverted
2020
David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
0/0
Sir David Jason is a bona fide TV legend and one of the finest actors of his generation. As part of Channel 5's latest series of tribute documentaries...
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David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
1996
Brassed Off
7/303
A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national competiti...
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Brassed Off
1997
Face
6.293/82
Ray is an aging ex-socialist who has become a bankrobber after seeing the demise of socialism in 1980s Britain. Teaming up with a gang of other has-be...
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Face
2021
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
6.4/6
Robbo is a remarkable feature film that tells the story of one of England and Manchester United’s greatest ever midfielders. From a working class kid...
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Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2009
The Turn of the Screw
4.743/37
In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and t...
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The Turn of the Screw
2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era
7.2/635
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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Downton Abbey: A New Era
Bilby
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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Bilby
2023
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
8/3
The unique life and talent of Caroline Aherne is celebrated in a new Arena film, featuring unseen photographs and contributions from a cast of her lif...
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Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
2024
The Big Snow of '47
0/0
Houses buried under snow. Rivers frozen solid. World War II bombers dropping bread to isolated villages. How did Brits survive the snowiest winter eve...
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The Big Snow of '47
2009
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
7/2
A documentary featuring several individuals with Tourettes Syndrome and how they are able to cope with the condition.
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Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
1999
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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Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
2011
Lapland
0/0
Recently widowed Eileen Lewis,son Pete and his wife Mandy and daughter Paula with her spouse Ray,plus the grandchildren, leave Birkenhead to spend Chr...
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Lapland
1997
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
7.625/4
A special, video only story set on the Brookside close. On Friday 14th November 1997, a five night a week storyline ended in a cliffhanger and this vi...
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Brookside: The Lost Weekend
1998
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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Brookside: Friday the 13th
2016
Golden Years
6.3/37
Fate, the pensions crisis and a steadfast refusal to accept the injustice of old age have contrived to force law abiding, retired couple, Arthur and M...
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Golden Years
2017
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
0/0
The disappearance of Shannon Matthews was a story that gripped and then appalled Britain. Nine years on, this documentary examines her kidnapping and...
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Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
2014
Caring for the Recently Deceased
0/0
A recent widow's life changing experience when her useless husband returns from the grave.
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Caring for the Recently Deceased
1994
Measure for Measure
3.333/3
Modern dress adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
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Measure for Measure
2001
New Year's Day
5.333/6
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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New Year's Day
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
5.7/2
Documentary celebrating the British sitcom and taking a look at the social and political context from which our favourite sitcoms grew. We enjoy a tri...
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British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2018
Walk Like a Panther
6.222/9
A group of 1980s wrestlers are forced to don the lycra once last time when their beloved local pub is threatened with closure.
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Walk Like a Panther
2001
Score
7/1
Comedy about a Sunday League football team who win the Lottery.
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Score
2018
Death on the Tyne
5.8/16
Draper's Tours are taking Mildred and her care home friends on an overnight ferry trip from North Shields to Amsterdam, where things will quickly turn...
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Death on the Tyne
1992
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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Bitter Harvest
2017
Diana and the Paparazzi
0/0
Marking the 20th anniversary of the death of Princess Diana in a car crash in Paris in August 1997, this documentary reveals how Diana learned to mani...
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Diana and the Paparazzi
2012
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
7/3
Christmas is coming but Barbara is not happy. Not only has she lost her wedding ring but Jim has won on a scratch card she found down the back of the...
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The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
2008
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
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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The Royle Family: The New Sofa
2019
The Cure
7.5/2
The story of an ordinary woman who exposed one of the worst hospital care scandals in the history of the NHS. Based on the inspiring real-life story o...
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The Cure
2016
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
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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World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
2015
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
9.3/3
The Nation’s Favourite Beatles Number One tells the stories behind some of the greatest Beatles songs ever. With interviews from Beatles’ insiders inc...
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The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
1998
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
9/1
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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The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
2010
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
7.2/3
It is Christmas Day in the Royle household and Barbara is up to her eyes in it, as Jim is out of action following an unfortunate incident in the preci...
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The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
2009
The Golden Egg Cup
8/1
On Jim and Barbara's wedding anniversary, Jim is frustrated because Barbara wants to celebrate abroad. However, she ends up settling for a stay at a c...
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The Golden Egg Cup
2010
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
8.4/4
Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash discuss the creation of The Royle Family, with a look behind the scenes at the production of the show and interviews wi...
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The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2002
The Virgin Mary
0/0
In BBC ONE's The Virgin Mary, dramatic reconstructions and stunning visual effects are combined with the latest findings from historians and New Testa...
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The Virgin Mary
2005
Liverpool FC: One Night in May
0/0
Sky One UK documentary showing events leading up to, during and after Liverpool Football Club's historic fifth European Cup victory, where the team fo...
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Liverpool FC: One Night in May
2017
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
0/0
Documentary about Karen Matthews that reveals the true character of the woman who was behind the kidnapping of her own daughter, Shannon.
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Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
2025
Big Winners
0/0
A story about Edith and Arthur Thistle – for fifty-three years, they have managed to get by—never rich, never extravagant, but always together. That a...
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Big Winners
2023
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
8.5/1
Ricky Tomlinson sits back in his chair and takes a fond look back at the much-loved comedy series The Royle Family, sharing his memories of playing he...
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Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
2023
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
0/0
A refreshed version of the 2010 documentary, this 2023 programme features new interviews from celebrity fans to link in with the 25th anniversary of t...
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The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
2025
Stuffed
6/5
The Farooqis have an unforgettable Christmas when a surprise bonus leads to a Lapland holiday, but things go downhill fast after a disastrous discover...
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Stuffed
2025
Fackham Hall
6.651/209
A new servant embarks on an unlikely relationship with the youngest daughter of a prominent English family. Simultaneously, rivalries are spilling ove...
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Fackham Hall
2026
Welcome to Borovia
5/1
Harry Enfield heads a brilliant cast in this quirky political comedy where plots, counterplots and seduction flourish in faraway Borovia.
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Welcome to Borovia
2002
There's Only One Paul McCartney
8/1
An affectionate portrait of the man and the musician in a week that sees the ex-Beatie playing at the Buckingham Palace concert. With contributions fr...
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