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Sue Johnston is a Actor British born on 7 december 1943 at Warrington (United-kingdom)

Sue Johnston

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Birth name Susan Wright
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 7 december 1943 (80 years) at Warrington (United-kingdom)
Awards Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Susan Johnston (née Wright), OBE (born 7 December 1943) is a BAFTA nominated English actress known for playing Sheila Grant in the soap opera Brookside (1982–90), Grace Foley in Waking the Dead (2000–11), Barbara Royle in the BBC comedy The Royle Family (1998–2012) and Gloria Price in Coronation Street (2012–14).

Biography

Johnston has campaigned on behalf of the Labour Party and has been a long-time gay rights campaigner. She is a supporter of Liverpool F.C. and Warrington RLFC.

In 1967, she married her first husband Neil Johnston and became pregnant at the age of 24. She suffered a miscarriage shortly after and the couple later divorced but she kept his surname as her professional name. She has one son Joel from her second marriage to David Pammenter. She has one grandchild.

Despite playing the role of heavy smoker Barbara Royle in The Royle Family, Johnston gave up smoking in 1978, but had to smoke low-tar cigarettes whilst playing the role; however, she is now completely anti-smoking.

Johnston was appointed OBE in the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours.

In November 2010, she was awarded an honorary doctorate by University of Chester at Chester Cathedral.

In 1989 Johnston, assisted by Lesley Thomson, published her first book, a memoir titled Hold on to the Messy Times. In 2011, she published another memoir titled Things I Couldn't Tell My Mother.

In 1970, Johnston was sexually attacked at the age of 27 which inspired her storyline in Brookside as Sheila Grant, where she was raped.

In her autobiography, Things I Couldn't Tell My Mother, she was originally going to be called Margaret Jane Wright, after her mother and grandmother, but her father thought that it would be best to call her Susan. She takes the surname Johnston, from her first marriage to Neil Johnston, her first husband from her first marriage.

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Stuart Urban
Stuart Urban
(1 films)
Mark Herman
Mark Herman
(1 films)
Ol Parker
Ol Parker
(1 films)
Joseph Morgan
Joseph Morgan
(1 films)
Ralph Brown
Ralph Brown
(1 films)
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Filmography of Sue Johnston (7 films)

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Actress

500 Miles North
Origin Ecosse
Genres Drama
Actors Joseph Morgan, Kevin McNally, Wendy Glenn, Matt Ryan, Vanessa Branch, Sue Johnston
Roles Stein
Rating75% 3.777833.777833.777833.777833.77783
James et John sont deux frères éloignés l'un de l'autre mais cela va très vite changer lorsqu'ils se réunissent pour satisfaire les dernières volontés de leur père.
The Turn of the Screw, 1h29
Directed by Tim Fywell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Ghost films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Michelle Dockery, Dan Stevens, Eva Sayer, Mark Umbers, Corin Redgrave, Wendy Albiston
Roles Sarah Grose
Rating55% 2.750432.750432.750432.750432.75043
The film's story is told in a series of flashbacks interspersed with discussions between Ann (Dockery), a patient in a sanatorium, and Dr Fisher (Stevens), a sceptical and atheistic psychiatrist. Despite the suggestion of his superior (Redgrave) that he focus upon soldiers who have returned from the First World War, Fisher wishes to help Ann if he can.
Imagine Me & You, 1h34
Directed by Ol Parker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Piper Perabo, Lena Headey, Matthew Goode, Celia Imrie, Anthony Head, Darren boyd
Roles Ella
Rating67% 3.361653.361653.361653.361653.36165
The film opens on Rachel (Piper Perabo) and Hector's (Matthew Goode) wedding day in North London, England. Rachel's bossy and overbearing mother, Tess (Celia Imrie), is in charge, and dazed dad Ned (Anthony Head) and
New Year's Day
Directed by Suri Krishnamma
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about suicide
Actors Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Anastasia Hille, Andrew Lee Poots, Jacqueline Bisset, Ralph Brown, Michael Kitchen
Roles Mrs. Fisher
Rating61% 3.095963.095963.095963.095963.09596
Jake et Steven, seize ans, vivent dans une petite ville de la cote sud anglaise. Les vacances de Noël approchent et ils sont très excites à l'idée de partir faire du ski. Cela représente plus que de simples vacances quand on va avoir dix-sept ans. Eux et leurs camarades partent skier en France avec leur professeur d'anglais. Une de leurs amis, Heather, emporte une caméra vidéo afin de filmer le groupe. Dès le second jour, ils font du hors-piste, plaisantent devant la caméra de Heather lorsqu'une avalanche balaie le groupe et les engloutit dans une mer de neige.
Face
Face (1997)
, 1h41
Directed by Antonia Bird
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Robert Carlyle, Ray Winstone, Steven Waddington, Phil Davis, Lena Headey, Andrew Tiernan
Roles Alice
Rating65% 3.2971853.2971853.2971853.2971853.297185
Five men, criminals Ray, Dave, Stevie, Julian ("Julie" as a nickname), and Jason, plan a heist to steal a minimum of £2 million. Using a truck modified as a battering ram, the group break into a security depot in London and steal a large amount of money before the police arrive. However, they discover they barely got the amount of money they wanted, and only £65,000 to each man. Julian demands an extra amount of money as "expenses" for his work, but is beaten and placed in the boot of Ray's car until he just accepts his share. The group, without Julian, later spend time at a bar with fellow criminal Sonny, and Ray's girlfriend Connie, a protestor. Ray and Stevie also visit an elderly couple, Linda and Bill, where they leave their stolen money for safekeeping.
Preaching to the Perverted, 1h40
Directed by Stuart Urban
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality, BDSM in films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Guinevere Turner, Tom Bell, Christien Anholt, Ricky Tomlinson, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Sue Johnston
Roles Esmeralda
Rating58% 2.9035752.9035752.9035752.9035752.903575
Henry Harding MP, a British government minister on a moral crusade, hires an inexperienced young computer whizzkid, Peter Emery who works for a Christian computer company called Holy Hardware, to infiltrate the United Kingdom BDSM scene. Harding is set on putting a club called "House of Thwax" run by Mistress Tanya Cheex out of business, and is sure that Peter's secretly videotaped evidence of the club's activities will do the trick. However, the virginal Peter takes a liking to Tanya Cheex and finds himself falling for the Mistress. Amongst the locations used Layer Marney Tower in Essex plays a pivotal role for a party scene.
Brassed Off, 1h47
Directed by Mark Herman
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about the labor movement, La précarité, Musical films, Political films
Actors Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor, Stephen Tompkinson, Jim Carter, Philip Jackson
Roles Vera
Rating71% 3.598493.598493.598493.598493.59849
Gloria Mullins has been sent to her old hometown of Grimley to determine the profitability of the pit for the management of British Coal. She also plays the flugelhorn brilliantly, and is allowed to play with the local brass band after playing Concierto de Aranjuez with them, the band is made up of miners from whom she must conceal her purpose. She renews a childhood romance with Andy Barrow, which soon leads to complications. It is later revealed during a confrontation between Gloria and the management of the colliery that the decision to close the colliery had been made two years previously, and that this was to have gone ahead regardless of the findings of her report; the report simply being a public relations exercise to placate the miners and members of the public sympathetic to their plight.