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Acting

Sue Johnston

Career: Active from 1982 to 2026, busiest in 1998 and 2001 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 36
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: The Royle Family
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 36 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Sue Johnston Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.0, average 4.8
Wonder
1.9, average 3.4
Violence
2.6, average 4.1
Fantasy
0.4, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 8
British Sitcom 6
Family Dynamics 4
Everyday Life 4
Character-Driven Comedy 4
Comfort Watch 3
Social Realism 3
Ensemble Cast 3
British Period Drama 2
Coming-of-Age 2
Slice-of-Life 2
Nostalgic Atmosphere 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

80

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

as Nancy

2020s

17 titles · average score 73

Ann Droid

83

TV show · as Sue

Welcome to Borovia

as Matrashka

Dexter Procter

TV show · as Granny Bet

Stuffed

53

as Lily

Fackham Hall

64

as Great Aunt Bonaparte

Generation Z

65

TV show · as Cecily

Truelove

78

TV show · as Marion

Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family

as Barbara Royle (archive footage)

Downton Abbey: A New Era

75

as Gladys Denker

The Responder

84

TV show · as Madge

Help

73

as Gloria

Time

84

TV show · as June Cobden

2010s

21 titles · average score 59

The Cockfields

69

TV show · as Sue

Age Before Beauty

43

TV show · as Ivy-Rae Regan

Death on the Tyne

56

as Colleen

Rovers

66

TV show · as Doreen

Golden Years

39

as Nancy

Caring for the Recently Deceased

as Marjoram Bryon

Gates

73

TV show · as Miss Hunter

Lapland

as Eileen Lewis

Sugartown

TV show

A Passionate Woman

41

TV show · as Betty (1980s)

The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers

75

as Barbara

Downton Abbey

86

TV show · as Miss Denker

2000s

13 titles · average score 62

The Golden Egg Cup

78

as Barbara Royle

The Royle Family: The New Sofa

76

as Barbara Royle

Little Dorrit

85

TV show · as Affery / Affery Flintwinch

Imagine Me & You

60

as Ella

Jam and Jerusalem

74

TV show · as Sal Vine

The Street

52

TV show

The Paul O'Grady Show

35

TV show

Cutting It

71

TV show · as Caroline Ferraday

Waking the Dead

50

TV show · as Dr. Grace Foley

My Uncle Silas

TV show · as Mrs Betts

as Maggie

New Year's Day

58

as Mrs. Fisher

1990s

25 titles · average score 63

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

77

TV show · as Irma

The Royle Family

85

TV show · as Barbara Royle

Brookside: Friday the 13th

as Sheila Grant

Crime Traveller

72

TV show · as Detective Chief Inspector Kate Grisham

Brookside: The Lost Weekend

as Sheila Grant

Brassed Off

71

as Vera

TV show · as Lyn

TV show · as Grace Robbins

TV show

Goodbye Cruel World

TV show · as Barbara Grade

A Touch of Frost

51

TV show · as Phyllis Bowman

Medics

TV show

1980s

3 titles · average score 61

Inspector Morse

80

TV show · as Mrs. Bailey

ScreenPlay

TV show · as Miriam Johnson

Brookside

43

TV show · as Sheila Grant