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name: "Sue Nicholls"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sue-nicholls"
fi1m_id: "sue-nicholls"
imdb_id: "nm0629507"
tmdb_id: 1215233
wikidata_id: "Q7634224"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 November 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T11:28:00.820259+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sue Nicholls

## Identity

Sue Nicholls

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sue-nicholls
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sue-nicholls
- **IMDb ID:** nm0629507
- **TMDB ID:** 1215233
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7634224
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Nicholls, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7634224, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0629507/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215233

Actor. Born 23 November 1943 in Walsall, Staffordshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 November 1943, Walsall, Staffordshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1960–1976
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 74 (1), 1970s 83 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Nicholls, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7634224, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0629507/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215233

## Biography

Sue Nicholls is an English actress. Born Susan Frances Harmar Nicholls on 23 November 1943 in Darlaston, Staffordshire, she trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and has worked in television since the 1960s.

She is best known for playing Audrey Roberts in the ITV soap opera *Coronation Street* from 1979 to 2025, having first appeared intermittently before becoming a permanent cast member in 1985. Other television credits include *Crossroads* (1964–1968), *The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin* (1976–1979) as Joan Greengross, *Rentaghost* (1981–1984) and an episode of *The Professionals* (1980) as Mrs Derinda Forbes. She appeared on Broadway in the 1974 revival of *London Assurance*.

Nicholls won British Soap Awards for Best Comedy Performance (2000) and Best Dramatic Performance (2003) for her work on *Coronation Street*, and received an Outstanding Achievement Award in 2019. She was married to actor Mark Eden from 1993 until his death in 2021.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin* (1976), Fi1m 83, as Joan Greengross — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fall-and-rise-of-reginald-perrin.md)
- *Coronation Street* (1960), Fi1m 74, as Audrey Roberts — [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Funny Blokes of British Comedy* (2005), as Joan Greengross (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *The Legacy of Reginald Perrin* (1996), series, as Joan Greengross
- *Up the Elephant and Round the Castle* (1983), series, as Wanda Pickles
- *The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin* (1983), as Joan Greengross
- *The Funny Side of Christmas* (1982), as Joan Greengross (as Sue Nichols)
- *Jangles* (1982), series, as Lydia Dater
- *The Gentle Touch* (1980), series, as Joanne Blanden
- *Heartland* (1979), series, as Joyce
- *Why Can't I Go Home?* (1979), series, as Mrs. Lever
- *Tycoon* (1978), series, as Ellen
- *The Professionals* (1977), series, as Mrs. Derinda Forbes
- *The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin* (1976), series, as Joan Greengross — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fall-and-rise-of-reginald-perrin.md)
- *The Duchess of Duke Street* (1976), series, as Daphne Shepherd
- *Rentaghost* (1976), series, as Nadia Popov
- *Village Hall* (1974), series, as Olive Hall
- *Not on Your Nellie* (1974), series, as Big Brenda
- *Pipkins* (1973), series, Actor
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Betty
- *Crossroads* (1964), series, Actor
- *Coronation Street* (1960), series, as Audrey Roberts — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)
- *Dixon of Dock Green* (1955), series, as Renee, Myra Close

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