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
Self
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two (2024)
Movie
Marion
Truelove (2024)
TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Big Snow of '47 (2024)
Movie
Self
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy (2023)
Movie
Cathy
Witness Number 3 (2022)
TV
9
Gladys Denker
Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
Movie
7
Self
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story (2021)
Movie
Gloria
Help (2021)
Movie
Narrator
Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors (2021)
TV
June Cobden
Time (2021)
TV
Self
Extraordinary Escapes with Sandi Toksvig (2021)
TV
Narrator
David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star (2020)
Movie
Violet
Unprecedented (2020)
TV
Bella Bailey
The Cure (2019)
Movie
Sue
The Cockfields (2019)
TV
Colleen
Death on the Tyne (2018)
Movie
Ivy-Rae
Age Before Beauty (2018)
TV
Gladys
Walk Like a Panther (2018)
Movie
Joan
Hold the Sunset (2018)
TV
Narrator
Diana and the Paparazzi (2017)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story (2017)
Movie
Self
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule (2017)
TV
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
Self
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys (2016)
Movie
Nancy
Golden Years (2016)
Movie
Self
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One (2015)
Movie
Marjoram Bryon
Caring for the Recently Deceased (2014)
Movie
Stein
500 Miles North (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
Baby Hospital (2011)
TV
Barbara
Joe's Crackers (2010)
Movie
Self
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa (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
Little Dorrit (2008)
TV
6
Self
The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007)
TV
Self
Would I Lie to You? (2007)
TV
Sal Vine
Jam & Jerusalem (2006)
TV
Barbara Royle
The Queen of Sheba (2006)
Movie
Self - Guest
The One Show (2006)
TV
The Street (2006)
TV
5
Ella
Imagine Me & You (2005)
Movie
8.5
Self
Who Do You Think You Are? (2004)
TV
The Paul O'Grady Show (2004)
TV
Strictly Come Dancing (2004)
TV
6
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
Irma
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll (1999)
TV
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll (1999)
Movie
Sheila Grant
Brookside: Friday the 13th (1998)
Movie
Barbara Royle / Barbara
The Royle Family (1998)
TV
6
Maeve Brunos
The Jump (1998)
TV
Pat Phoenix
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds (1998)
Movie
Val Rutland
Duck Patrol (1998)
TV
Sheila Corkhill
Brookside: The Lost Weekend (1997)
Movie
Alice
Face (1997)
Movie
Esmeralda
Preaching to the Perverted (1997)
Movie
Detective Chief Inspector Kate Grisham
Crime Traveller (1997)
TV
Vera
Brassed Off (1996)
Movie
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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