Sue Johnston

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Susan "Sue" Johnston , OBE (born December 7, 1943 in Warrington , Cheshire , England ; actually Susan Wright ) is a British actress .

Life

Sue Johnston was born in 1943 to Fred and Margaret Wright in Warrington, North West England. Her father Fred was initially a plumber and after attending evening school he was employed as a civil servant in the British Ministry of Defense. Johnston grew up as an only child in Prescot , Merseyside , where she attended Whiston Infant School, Eccleston Park Junior School, and Prescot and Huyton Grammar School for Girls. After an English teacher encouraged her to appear in a school play of a play, Johnston decided to become an actress and drop out of school at the age of 17. After working for the Liverpool Tax Office , she joined a group of amateur actors in St Helens and then the Salford Players. Johnston then trained as an actress at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art . She met her first husband Neil Johnston, whose last name she kept after the divorce. Her marriage to theater director David Pammenter in 1976 also ended in divorce shortly after the birth of a son in 1979.

In 1982 Johnston appeared in the long-running British television series Coronation Street for three episodes in a minor supporting role. In order to be able to support herself and her son with a regular income, she auditioned for a role in the soap opera Brookside that same year . She eventually got the role of Sheila Grant and became known with her in the UK. Her greatest success to date was her role as the chain-smoking Barbara Royle in the BBC comedy series The Royle Family , for which she received the British Comedy Award and a nomination for the BAFTA TV Award in 2000 . From 2000 to 2011 she worked as an experienced profiler Dr. Grace Foley in numerous episodes of the BBC-produced crime series Waking the Dead . In 2012 she took on a role again as Gloria Price in Coronation Street , which she then played regularly. In 2013 it was announced that she was leaving the series for the time being to devote herself to other television projects. Since then she has played the title role in the comedy series Being Eileen .

Johnston had cinema appearances over the years in the tragic comedy Brassed Off - With timpani and trumpets at the side of Ewan McGregor as well as in the gangster drama Face (1997) and in the romantic comedy A Threesome (2005), where they can be seen alongside Lena Headey was. In 2009 she received the Order of the British Empire from Elizabeth II for her services as an actress and for her charitable work. In 2011, Johnston published her autobiography, Things I Couldn't Tell My Mother , in which she first spoke about depression-related eating disorders, which she has had since her first divorce and a miscarriage.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1982–1990: Brookside (TV series)
  • 1982, 2012–2014: Coronation Street (TV series)
  • 1992: Goodbye Cruel World (Miniseries)
  • 1992: Inspector Morse, Oxford Homicide Squad ( Inspector Morse , TV series, an episode)
  • 1992–1995: Medics (TV series, 29 episodes)
  • 1993: Full Stretch (TV series, 6 episodes)
  • 1996: Brassed Off - With timpani and trumpets ( Brassed Off )
  • 1997: Preaching to the Perverted
  • 1997: Crime Traveler (TV series, 8 episodes)
  • 1997: Face
  • 1998: Duck Patrol (TV series, 6 episodes)
  • 1998: The Jump (TV series, 4 episodes)
  • 1998–2012: The Royle Family (TV series, 25 episodes)
  • 2000: New Year's Day
  • 2000-2011: Waking the Dead ( Waking the Dead , TV series, 92 episodes)
  • 2001: Score (TV movie)
  • 2001–2003: My Uncle Silas (TV series, 9 episodes)
  • 2005: A Threesome Wedding ( Imagine Me & You )
  • 2006: The Street (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 2006–2009: Jam & Jerusalem (TV series, 19 episodes)
  • 2008: Klein Dorrit ( Little Dorrit , TV series, 7 episodes)
  • 2009: Schloss des Schreckens ( The Turn of the Screw , TV movie)
  • 2010: A Passionate Woman (TV series, 2 episodes)
  • 2011: Sugartown (TV series, 3 episodes)
  • 2012: Gates (TV series, 5 episodes)
  • 2013: Being Eileen (TV series, 6 episodes)
  • 2014–2015: Downton Abbey (TV series, 8 episodes)

Awards

  • 2000: Nomination for the BAFTA TV Award in the category Best Comedy Appearance for The Royle Family
  • 2000: British Comedy Award for Best Actress in a TV Comedy for The Royle Family
  • 2007: Nomination for the Broadcasting Press Guild Award in the category Best Actress for The Street (episode: Stan )
  • 2009: Order of the British Empire for her services as an actress and for her charitable work
  • 2010: Appointed Honorary Fellow of the University of Chester for her services as an actress

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Catherine Jones: Warrington-born Brookside & Royle Family actress Sue Johnston talks about her new autobiography . In: Liverpool Echo , 2nd September 2011.
  2. ^ A b Emma Cook: Sue Johnston: My family values . In: The Guardian , August 11, 2012.
  3. ↑ York Membery: Me and my school photo: Sue Johnston remembers standing by the fireplace when she was naughty and discovering her love of acting . dailymail.co.uk, April 2, 2012.
  4. ^ A b Brookside veterans Phil Redmond and Sue Johnston reunited at graduation . chester.ac.uk, November 5, 2010.
  5. ↑ a b Liz Thomas: Fame drove me to bulimia and depression, says Royle Family star Sue Johnston . dailymail.co.uk, 23 August 2011.
  6. ↑ a b Hanna Flint: Last orders! Sue Johnston to quit Coronation Street so she can focus on other TV projects . dailymail.co.uk, June 20, 2013.
  7. ^ Sue Johnston of Royle Family receives OBE from the Queen . In: The Telegraph , November 5, 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Johnston, Sue
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wright, Susan (real name); Johnston, Susan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actress
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Warrington , Cheshire , England