Sue Johnston - Gloria Price
ROYLE Family actress Sue Johnston is poised to ditch her slob screen hubby and take a new mumsy role — in the Rovers
Coronation Street chiefs want her to join the soap as landlady Stella's mother.
Sue, 68 — long-suffering wife of Jim Royle in the BBC comedy starring Ricky Tomlinson — was last night said to be "keen" to sign up.
A Corrie insider said: "Everyone is thrilled. She's a brilliant actress. We can't wait to have a member of the Royle Family walking down those famous cobbles and enjoying a drink in the Rovers."
The move would mark a return to the ITV1 show after telly veteran Sue had a cameo role for a handful of episodes playing bookie Sammy Chadwick's wife in the early 1980s.
She went on to find fame in rival soap Brookside, playing Sheila Grant for eight years. Her role as stoic Barbara in The Royle Family won a new generation of fans.
The source said: "Sue would be a perfect addition to Weatherfield.
"She is the only person we are talking to about the role.
"She is keen and we're keen so it should hopefully be a done deal very soon."
The Sun
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