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Susan Johnston, OBE is an English actress known for playing Sheila Grant in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside (1982–1990), Barbara Royle in the BBC comedy The Royle Family, Grace Foley in the BBC drama Waking the Dead (2000–2011), Gloria Price in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2012–2014) and Miss Denker in the ITV drama Downton Abbey (2014–2015). She won the 2000 British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actress and was nominated for the 2000 BAFTA TV Award for Best Comedy Performance for The Royle Family.
Birth Name
Susan Wright
Born
Tuesday, 07 December 1943
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Truelove | Marion | 2024 |
| Downton Abbey: A New Era | Miss Denker / Gladys Denker | 2022 |
| Witness Number 3 | Cathy | 2022 |
| The Queen: 70 Glorious Years | Self | 2022 |
| Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story | Self | 2021 |
| Help | Gloria | 2021 |
| Time | June Cobden | 2021 |
| Extraordinary Escapes | Self | 2021 |
| The Sandman | Unity Kinkaid | 2020 |
| Unprecedented: Real Time Theatre from a State of Isolation | Violet | 2020 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Truelove | Marion | 2024 |
| Downton Abbey: A New Era | Miss Denker / Gladys Denker | 2022 |
| Witness Number 3 | Cathy | 2022 |
| The Queen: 70 Glorious Years | Self | 2022 |
| Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story | Self | 2021 |
| Help | Gloria | 2021 |
| Time | June Cobden | 2021 |
| Extraordinary Escapes | Self | 2021 |
| The Sandman | Unity Kinkaid | 2020 |
| Unprecedented: Real Time Theatre from a State of Isolation | Violet | 2020 |
| Coronation Street at Christmas | Self - Narrator | 2019 |
| The Cockfields | Sue | 2019 |
| Celebrity Gogglebox | Self | 2019 |
| Death on the Tyne | Colleen | 2018 |
| Age Before Beauty | Ivy-Rae | 2018 |
| Walk Like a Panther | Gladys | 2018 |
| Hold the Sunset | Joan | 2018 |
| National Treasure: Kiri | Celia Grayson | 2018 |
| Diana and the Paparazzi | Narrator | 2017 |
| The Good Karma Hospital | Virginia Mileham | 2017 |
| Rovers | Doreen | 2016 |
| World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys | Self | 2016 |
| Golden Years | Nancy | 2016 |
| The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One | Self | 2015 |
| Coronation Street: A Moving Story | Self - Narrator | 2014 |
| Being Eileen | Eileen Lewis | 2013 |
| Lapland | Eileen Lewis | 2011 |
| Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self | 2011 |
| Sugartown | Margery | 2011 |
| The Stars of the Street: 50 Years, 50 Classic Characters | Mrs. Chadwick | 2010 |
| Downton Abbey | Miss Denker | 2010 |
| A Passionate Woman | Betty / Betty (1980s) / Betty - 1980's | 2010 |
| The Turn of the Screw | Sarah Grose | 2009 |
| Stars on the Street | Mrs. Chadwick | 2009 |
| Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It | Self - Narrator | 2009 |
| Moving On | Kathy | 2009 |
| CBeebies Bedtime Story | Self - Storyteller | 2009 |
| Little Dorrit | Affery / Affery Flintwinch | 2008 |
| Would I Lie to You? | Self | 2007 |
| Clatterford | Sal Vine | 2006 |
| The One Show | Self - Guest | 2006 |
| The Street | Brenda McDermott | 2006 |
| Soapstar Superstar | Self - Audience Member | 2006 |
| Imagine Me & You | Ella | 2005 |
| Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | 2004 |
| The Paul O'Grady Show | Herself | 2004 |
| Hell's Kitchen | Self | 2004 |
| Strictly Come Dancing | Self - Audience Member | 2004 |
| Comedy Connections | Barbara Royle | 2003 |
| Timeshift | Herself - Narrator | 2002 |
| V Graham Norton | Self | 2002 |
| Cutting It | Caroline Ferraday | 2002 |
| My Uncle Silas | Mrs. Betts | 2001 |
| New Year's Day | Mrs. Fisher / Mrs Fisher | 2001 |
| Score | Maggie | 2001 |
| Waking the Dead | Dr. Grace Foley | 2000 |
| Loose Women | Herself | 1999 |
| Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll | Irma | 1999 |
| The Unseen Royals | Narrator | 1999 |
| The Royle Family | Barbara Royle / Barbara | 1998 |
| The Jump | Maeve Brunos | 1998 |
| Duck Patrol | Val Rutland | 1998 |
| Face | Alice | 1997 |
| Preaching to the Perverted | Esmeralda | 1997 |
| Crime Traveller | Detective Chief Inspector Kate Grisham | 1997 |
| Brassed Off | Vera | 1996 |
| Hetty Wainthropp Investigates | Helga Allowby | 1996 |
| Luv | Terese Craven | 1993 |
| Full Stretch | Grace Robbins | 1993 |
| A Touch of Frost | Phyllis Bowman | 1992 |
| Performance | Mistress Overdone | 1991 |
| Medics | Ruth Parry, administrator / Ruth Parry | 1990 |
| Inspector Morse | Mrs. Bailey | 1987 |
| Brookside | Sheila Grant / Sheila Grant (voice) | 1982 |
| 3-2-1 | Self - Guest Contestant | 1978 |
| Horizon | Self - Narrator | 1964 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
