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.
Year | Movie | Character |
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1998 | Brookside: Friday the 13th | as Sheila Grant |
1998 | The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds | as Pat Phoenix |
2011 | Lapland | as Eileen Lewis |
1997 | Brookside: The Lost Weekend | as Sheila Grant |
2001 | Score | as Maggie |
2017 | Diana and the Paparazzi | as Narrator |
2016 | Golden Years | as Nancy |
1992 | Bitter Harvest | as Miriam Johnson |
2006 | The Queen of Sheba | as Barbara Royle |
2010 | Joe's Crackers | as Barbara |
2014 | Caring for the Recently Deceased | as Marjoram Bryon |
2012 | Barbara's Old Ring | as Barbara Royle |
1970 | The New Sofa | as Barbara Royle |
1997 | Preaching to the Perverted | as Esmeralda |
1998 | The Jump | |
1970 | 500 Miles North | as Stein |
2019 | The Cure | as Bella Bailey |
2005 | Imagine Me & You | as Ella |
1999 | Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll | |
2018 | Walk Like a Panther | as Gladys |
1996 | Brassed Off | as Vera |
1994 | Measure for Measure | as Mistress Overdone |
2009 | The Turn of the Screw | as Sarah Grose |
2001 | New Year's Day | as Mrs. Fisher |
2018 | Death on the Tyne | as Colleen |
2016 | World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys | as Self |
2015 | The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One | |
1997 | Face | as Alice |
2016 | British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves | as Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited) |