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Sue Johnston

Dec 07, 1943 (81 years old) in Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

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

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Would I Lie to You?
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Strictly Come Dancing
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Who Do You Think You Are?
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Brookside
Sheila Grant
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Timeshift
Self - Narrator
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Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Helga Allowby
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Downton Abbey
Miss Denker
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A Touch of Frost
Phyllis Bowman
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Waking the Dead
Dr. Grace Foley
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Performance
Mistress Overdone

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