Sue Johnston

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Dec 07, 1943 (81 years old)

Sue Johnston

Known For

Generation Z
TV Show 2024

Generation Z

Flesh-eating baby-boomers get a taste for teenagers in Ben Wheatley's darkly comic, outlandishly gory, zombie-horror satire.

Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
TV Show 2024

Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two

Actors Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston are celebrating four decades on screen together in an all-new More4 series visiting landmark places from their lives and the special destinations the pair have always wanted to see together.

Truelove
TV Show 2024

Truelove

A group of old friends reunited at a funeral make a drunken pact. Rather than let each other suffer a slow and painful decline they would engineer a dignified death. But what starts out as a fanciful idea soon morphs into shocking reality.

The Big Snow of '47
1h 7m
Movie 2024

The Big Snow of '47

Houses buried under snow. Rivers frozen solid. World War II bombers dropping bread to isolated villages. How did Brits survive the snowiest winter ever recorded - and could it happen again? A host of familiar faces including John Craven, Amanda Barrie, Timothy West and Neil Kinnock share their childhood memories of the icy winter of '47 and explain why it remains unparalleled to this day.

Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
1h 10m
Movie 2023

Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy

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 lifelong friends, including Steve Coogan, John Thomson, Craig Cash and producer Andy Harries.

Downton Abbey: A New Era
2h 4m
Movie 2022

Downton Abbey: A New Era

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 Hollywood director seeks to film his latest production at Downton.

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
1h 42m
Movie 2021

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story

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 in the North East of England to a national treasure honoured by the Queen, this new film gives a previously unseen insight into the man they call ‘Captain Marvel’.

Help
1h 38m
Movie 2021

Help

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 March 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic hits.

Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors
0h 45m
TV Show 2021

Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors

An intimate look at the palace that has been a private home to the royal family for more than 300 years.

David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
1h 30m
Movie 2020

David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star

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, we celebrate his life and remarkable career. Narrated by Sue Johnston, we tell the real story behind his greatest TV creations, from Pop Larkin to Granville, Jack Frost to Del Boy and much more. We chronicle the superstar's early-stage career and hear what his fellow thespians really thought of the dashing young actor.

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.

Acting

2024
Generation Z
2024
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
2024
Truelove
2024
The Big Snow of '47
2023
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2021
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2021
Help
2021
Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors
2020
David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
2019
The Cure
2019
The Cockfields
2018
Death on the Tyne
2018
Age Before Beauty
2018
Walk Like a Panther
2017
Diana and the Paparazzi
2017
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
2017
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
Rovers
2016
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
2016
Golden Years
2015
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
2014
Caring for the Recently Deceased
2014
500 Miles North
2013
Being Eileen
2012
Barbara's Old Ring
2012
Gates
2011
Sugartown
2011
Baby Hospital
2010
Joe's Crackers
2010
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010
A Passionate Woman
2009
The Turn of the Screw
2009
The Golden Egg Cup
2009
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
2008
The New Sofa
2008
Little Dorrit
2006
Imagine Me & You
2005
Liverpool FC: One Night in May
2002
The Virgin Mary
2001
My Uncle Silas
2001
Waking the Dead
2000
New Year's Day
1999
Finest Hour
1999
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1998
Brookside: Friday the 13th
1998
The Royle Family
1998
The Jump
1998
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
1998
Duck Patrol
1997
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
1997
Face
1997
Crime Traveller
1993
Luv
1993
Full Stretch
1992
Bitter Harvest
1990
Medics

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