Susan Pammenter OBE (née Wright; born 7 December 1943 in Warrington, Lancashire), better known by her stage name Sue Johnston, is an English actress. She is best known for Brookside, Brassed Off, and The Royle Family.
Johnston worked as a tax assessor before becoming an actress. She has been married to Neil Johnston and David Pammenter, and has one child with Johnston.
Works with Sue Johnston:
Film
- 1991 The Grove Family: Mum (Made-for-TV Movie)
- 1996 Brassed Off: Vera
- 1997 Preaching to the Perverted: Esmeralda
- 1997 Face: Alice
- 1998 The Things You Do For Love Against The Odds: Pat Phoenix (TV Movie)
- 2000 New Year’s Day: Mrs. Fisher
- 2001 Score: Maggie
- 2002 Happy Together: Val (TV Movie)
- 2005 Imagine Me & You: Ella
- 2009 The Turn of the Screw: Sarah Grose (TV Movie)
- 2011 Lapland: Eileen Lewis (TV Movie)
- 2014 Five Hundred Miles North: Stein
- 2018 Walk Like A Panther: Gladys
- 2018 Death On The Tyne: Colleen
- 2019 The Cure: Jean (TV Movie)
- 2021 Help: Gloria (TV Movie)
- 2022 The Jacaranda: Eileen
Short Films
- 2015 Caring For The Recently Deceased: Marjoram Bryon
- 2016 Motherland: Mary
Television
- 1982-2014 Coronation Street: Mrs. Chadwick/Gloria Price
- 1982-90 Brookside: Sheila Grant
- 1991-92 In Suspicious Circumstances: Edith Rosse (2 episodes)
- 1992 Goodbye Cruel World: Brabara Grade
- 1992 Inspector Morse: Mrs. Bailey (1 episode)
- 1992 Screenplay: Miriam Johnson (1 episode)
- 1992 A Touch of Frost: Phyllis Bowman (1 episode)
- 1992-95 Medics: Ruth Parry (29 episodes)
- 1993 Full Stretch: Grace Robbins
- 1993 Luv: Terese Craven (1 episode)
- 1994 Performance: Mistress Overdone (1 episode)
- 1996 Into The Fire: Lyn
- 1996 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates: Helga Allowby (1 episode)
- 1997 Crime Traveller: Detective Chief Inspector Kate Grisham
- 1998 Verdict: Hazel De Vere Q.C. (1 episode)
- 1998 Duck Patrol: Val Rutland (6 episodes)
- 1998 The Jump: Maeve Brunos
- 1998-2012 The Royle Family: Barbara Royle
- 1999 Sex Chips And Rock N Roll: Irma
- 2000-11 Waking the Dead: Dr. Grace Foley
- 2001-03 My Uncle Silas: Mrs. Betts
- 2004 Cutting It: Caroline Ferraday (1 episode)
- 2004-05 Higglytown Heroes: Fran (28 episodes)
- 2006 The Street (BBC): Brenda McDermott (1 episode)
- 2006-09 Jam and Jerusalem: Sal Vine
- 2008 Little Dorrit: Affery Flintwinch
- 2010 A Passionate Woman: Betty
- 2011 Sugartown: Margery
- 2012 Gates: Miss Hunter
- 2013 Being Eileen: Eileen Lewis
- 2014-15 Downton Abbey: Gladys Denker (8 episodes)
- Reprised role in Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
- 2016 Rovers: Doreen
- 2018 National Treasure Kiri: Celia Grayson
- 2018 Moving On: Kathy (1 episode)
- 2018 The Good Karma Hospital: Virginia Mileham (1 episode)
- 2018 Age Before Beauty: Ivy-Rae
- 2018-19 Hold The Sunset: Joan (5 episodes)
- 2019-21 The Cockfields: Sue
- 2021 Time: June Cobden (3 episodes)
- 2022 Witness Number 3: Cathy (3 episodes)
Audio
- 2018 Me Myself I: Pat
- 2020 The Sandman (2020): Unity Kincaid
