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.
46 movies · 57 shows
Welcome to Borovia
2026·5.0
Stuffed
2025·6.0
Fackham Hall
2025·6.7
Big Winners
2025·0.0
The Big Snow of '47
2024·0.0
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
2023·8.0
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
2023·0.0
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
2023·0.0
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022·7.2
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2021·6.4
Help
2021·7.0
David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
2020·0.0
The Cure
2019·7.5
Death on the Tyne
2018·5.8
Walk Like a Panther
2018·6.2
Diana and the Paparazzi
2017·0.0
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
2017·0.0
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
2017·0.0
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016·5.7
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
2016·7.0
Golden Years
2016·6.3
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
2015·9.3
Caring for the Recently Deceased
2014·0.0
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
2012·7.0
Lapland
2011·0.0
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
2010·7.2
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010·8.4
The Turn of the Screw
2009·4.7
The Golden Egg Cup
2009·8.0
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
2009·7.0
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
2008·7.7
Imagine Me & You
2006·7.6
Liverpool FC: One Night in May
2005·0.0
The Virgin Mary
2002·0.0
There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002·8.0
New Year's Day
2001·5.3
Score
2001·7.0
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999·0.0
Brookside: Friday the 13th
1998·5.5
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
1998·9.0
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
1997·7.6
Face
1997·6.3
Preaching to the Perverted
1997·6.2
Brassed Off
1996·7.0
Measure for Measure
1994·3.3
Bitter Harvest
1992·0.0