Biography
Susan Johnston, OBE (née Wright; born 7 December 1943) 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 (1998–2000, 2006, 2008–2010, 2012), 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.
Filmography
all 86
TV Shows 45
Movies 41
self 19
Narrator 3
Marion
Truelove (2024)
TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Big Snow of '47 (2024)
Movie
Gladys Denker
Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
Movie
7
Gloria
Help (2021)
Movie
June Cobden
Time (2021)
TV
Violet
Unprecedented (2020)
TV
Bella Bailey
The Cure (2019)
Movie
Ivy-Rae
Age Before Beauty (2018)
TV
Self - Narrator
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story (2017)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next (2017)
Movie
Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves (2016)
Movie
Doreen
Rovers (2016)
TV
Marjoram Bryon
Caring for the Recently Deceased (2014)
Movie
Eileen Lewis
Being Eileen (2013)
TV
Barbara Royle
Barbara's Old Ring (2012)
Movie
Miss Hunter
Gates (2012)
TV
Eileen Lewis
Lapland (2011)
Movie
Self - Participant
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2011)
TV
Margery
Sugartown (2011)
TV
Barbara
Joe's Crackers (2010)
Movie
Miss Denker
Downton Abbey (2010)
TV
4.65
Betty / Betty - 1980's
A Passionate Woman (2010)
TV
Sarah Grose
The Turn of the Screw (2009)
Movie
Barbara Royle
The Golden Egg Cup (2009)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It (2009)
Movie
Barbara
The New Sofa (2008)
Movie
Sal Vine
Jam & Jerusalem (2006)
TV
Barbara Royle
The Queen of Sheba (2006)
Movie
Self - Guest
The One Show (2006)
TV
Self - Narrator
Timeshift (2002)
TV
Caroline Ferraday
Cutting It (2002)
TV
Mrs. Betts
My Uncle Silas (2001)
TV
Dr. Grace Foley
Waking the Dead (2001)
TV
4.67
Maggie
Score (2001)
Movie
Mrs. Fisher
New Year's Day (2000)
Movie
Sheila Grant
Brookside: Friday the 13th (1998)
Movie
Barbara Royle / Barbara
The Royle Family (1998)
TV
6
Maeve Brunos
The Jump (1998)
TV
Val Rutland
Duck Patrol (1998)
TV
Sheila Corkhill
Brookside: The Lost Weekend (1997)
Movie
Alice
Face (1997)
Movie
Detective Chief Inspector Kate Grisham
Crime Traveller (1997)
TV
Helga Allowby
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996)
TV
6
Mistress Overdone
Measure for Measure (1994)
Movie
Terese Craven
Luv (1993)
TV
Phyllis Bowman
A Touch of Frost (1992)
TV
6.67
Miriam Johnson
Bitter Harvest (1992)
Movie
Mistress Overdone
Performance (1991)
TV
Ruth Parry, administrator / Ruth Parry
Medics (1990)
TV
Mrs. Bailey
Inspector Morse (1987)
TV
4.83
Sheila Grant
Brookside (1982)
TV
Self
Today (1952)
TV
Actress
Generation Z
TV
Nancy
Bilby
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.9
Based on 445 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1952
1999
2009
2002
2024
Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1943-12-07 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceWarrington, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsSusan Wright, Susan Johnston, OBE
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
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