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.
as Nancy
as Mrs. Barnes
as Sue(6 eps)
as Matrashka
as Lily
as Great Aunt Bonaparte
as Granny Bet(1 ep)
as Edith Thistle
as Edith Thistle(1 ep)
as Cecily(6 eps)
as Herself(3 eps)
as Marion(6 eps)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Barbara Royle (archive footage)
as Self / Barbara Royle (archive footage)
as Gladys Denker
as Madge(1 ep)
as Gloria
as Narrator(2 eps)
as June Cobden(3 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Narrator
as Bella Bailey
as Sue(9 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Colleen
as Ivy-Rae Regan(6 eps)
as Gladys
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Narrator
as Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Doreen(6 eps)
as Self
as Nancy
as Marjoram Bryon
as Eileen Lewis(6 eps)
as Barbara Royle
as Miss Hunter(5 eps)
as Eileen Lewis
as Self - Participant(1 ep)
as Barbara
as Miss Denker(6 eps)
as Betty (1980s)(2 eps)
as Sarah Grose
as Barbara Royle
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Barbara Royle
as Affery / Affery Flintwinch(14 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Sal Vine(19 eps)
as Ella
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Narrator(1 ep)
as Caroline Ferraday(1 ep)
as Mrs. Fisher
as Mrs Betts(12 eps)
as Dr. Grace Foley(90 eps)
as Maggie
as Commentary(4 eps)
as Self(2 eps)
as Irma(6 eps)
as Sheila Grant
as Barbara Royle(20 eps)
as Maeve Brunos(4 eps)
as Pat Phoenix
as Hazel De Vere Q.C.(1 ep)
as Val Rutland(7 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Sheila Grant
as Alice
as Esmeralda
as Detective Chief Inspector Kate Grisham(8 eps)
as Vera
as Lyn(3 eps)
as Helga Allowby(1 ep)
as Sheila Grant(1 ep)
as Mistress Overdone
as Terese Craven(18 eps)
as Grace Robbins(6 eps)
as Phyllis Bowman(1 ep)
as Miriam Johnson
as Barbara Grade(3 eps)
as Mistress Overdone(1 ep)
as Edith Rosse(1 ep)
as Mrs. Bailey(1 ep)
as Miriam Johnson(1 ep)
as Sheila Grant(882 eps)
as Self(1 ep)