
Acting
Born December 7, 1943 · Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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.

Stuffed
2025

Fackham Hall
2025

Big Winners
2025

The Big Snow of '47
2024

Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
2023

Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
2023

The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
2023

Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2021

Help
2021
David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
2020

The Cure
2019

Death on the Tyne
2018

Walk Like a Panther
2018

Diana and the Paparazzi
2017

Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
2017

Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
2017

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016

World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
2016

Golden Years
2016

The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
2015
Caring for the Recently Deceased
2014

The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
2012

Lapland
2011

The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
2010

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010

The Turn of the Screw
2009

The Golden Egg Cup
2009

Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
2009

The Royle Family: The New Sofa
2008

Imagine Me & You
2006

Liverpool FC: One Night in May
2005

The Virgin Mary
2002
Score
2001

New Year's Day
2000
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999
Brookside: Friday the 13th
1998

The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
1998

Brookside: The Lost Weekend
1997

Face
1997

Preaching to the Perverted
1997

Brassed Off
1996

Measure for Measure
1994

Bitter Harvest
1992