Sue Johnston
| Sue Johnston OBE |
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|---|---|
| Born |
Susan Wright 7 December 1943 Warrington, Lancashire, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1980-present |
| Television |
Brookside The Royle Family Waking the Dead Jam and Jerusalem Coronation Street Being Eileen Downton Abbey |
| Spouse(s) | Neil Johnston (1967-19??; divorced) David Pammenter (1976-1980; divorced) |
| Children | 1 |
Sue Johnston OBE (born Susan 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 (1998–2012), 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.
Johnston was born in Warrington, Lancashire and grew up in Prescot, also in Lancashire. She was the daughter of Fred and Margaret Jane Wright (née Cowan). She was educated at Whiston Infants School, Eccleston Park Junior School and Prescot and Huyton Grammar School for Girls which she left aged 17 after one year of her A-level course, having decided to become an actress.
After working as a Higher Grade tax inspector, when her boyfriend was one of the pop group The Swinging Blue Jeans, she worked for Brian Epstein. From the age of 21, Johnston attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
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