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 Britis...
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Imagine Me & You
As Ella
Help
As Gloria
Preaching to the Perverted
As Esmeralda
David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
As Narrator
Brassed Off
As Vera
Face
As Alice
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
As Self
The Turn of the Screw
As Sarah Grose
Downton Abbey: A New Era
As Gladys Denker
Bilby
As Nancy
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
As Self
The Big Snow of '47
As Self - Narrator (voice)
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
As Narrator (voice)
500 Miles North
As Stein
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
Lapland
As Eileen Lewis
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
As Sheila Grant
Brookside: Friday the 13th
As Sheila Grant
Golden Years
As Nancy
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
As Self - Narrator
Caring for the Recently Deceased
As Marjoram Bryon
Downton Abbey 3
As Gladys Denker
Measure for Measure
As Mistress Overdone
The Cockfields Christmas Special
New Year's Day
As Mrs. Fisher
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
As Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
Walk Like a Panther
As Gladys
Score
As Maggie
Death on the Tyne
As Colleen
Bitter Harvest
As Miriam Johnson
Diana and the Paparazzi
As Narrator (voice)
Barbara's Old Ring
As Barbara Royle
The New Sofa
As Barbara Royle
The Cure
As Bella Bailey
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
As Self
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
As Self
The Queen of Sheba
As Barbara Royle
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
As Pat Phoenix
Joe's Crackers
As Barbara
The Golden Egg Cup
As Barbara Royle
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
As Self
The Virgin Mary
As Self - Presenter
Jam and Jerusalem
As Sal Vine
The One Show
As Self - Guest
Brookside
As Sheila Grant
Strictly Come Dancing
As Self
Today
As Self
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
As Irma
A Touch of Frost
As Phyllis Bowman
Crime Traveller
The Paul O'Grady Show
Inspector Morse
As Mrs. Bailey
Who Do You Think You Are?
As Self
The Royle Family
As Barbara Royle
Waking the Dead
As Dr. Grace Foley
Luv
Little Dorrit
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
As Self
The Street
Medics
Cutting It
As Caroline Ferraday
Duck Patrol
As Val Rutland
A Passionate Woman
As Betty (1980s)
Baby Hospital
Timeshift
As Self - Narrator
Sugartown
The Jump
As Maeve Brunos
Performance
As Mistress Overdone
Would I Lie to You?
As Self
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
As Self
Rovers
As Doreen
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
As Helga Allowby
Downton Abbey
As Miss Denker
Gates
As Miss Hunter
Generation Z
As Cecily
Being Eileen
As Eileen Lewis
Age Before Beauty
As Ivy-Rae Regan
Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors
As Narrator
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
As Self - Participant
My Uncle Silas
As Mrs. Betts
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
As Herself
Full Stretch
As Grace Robbins
The Cockfields
As Sue
Truelove
As Marion
Loose Women
As Self
The Responder
As Madge
Time
As June Cobden
Parkinson
As Self
DNA Journey
As Self
