Person Details

Birthday: 1943-12-07 09:08:28

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 22

TV Involvements: 16


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Inspector Morse
Average
8

Inspector Morse

(1987) Mrs. Bailey
Who Do You Think You Are?
Average
6
A Touch of Frost
Average
8

A Touch of Frost

(1992) Phyllis Bowman
Waking the Dead
Average
8

Waking the Dead

(2000) Dr. Grace Foley
Downton Abbey
Average
8

Downton Abbey

(2010) Miss Denker
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
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8

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

(1996) Helga Allowby
Brookside
Average
6

Brookside

(1982) Sheila Grant
My Uncle Silas
Average
0

My Uncle Silas

(2001) Mrs. Betts

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 Self
Marion
Self - Narrator (voice)
2023 Self
2022 Gladys Denker
2021 Self
Gloria
Narrator
June Cobden
2020 Narrator
2019 Bella Bailey
Sue
2018 Colleen
Ivy-Rae Regan
Gladys
2017 Narrator (voice)
Self
2016 Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doreen
Self
Nancy
2015 Self
2014 Marjoram Bryon
Stein
2013 Eileen Lewis
2012 Barbara Royle
Miss Hunter
2011 Eileen Lewis
N/A
N/A
2010 Barbara
Self
Miss Denker
Betty (1980s)
2009 Sarah Grose
Barbara Royle
2008 Barbara Royle
N/A
2007 Self
Self
2006 Sal Vine
Barbara Royle
Self - Guest
N/A
Ella
2004 Self
N/A
N/A
2002 Self - Narrator
Caroline Ferraday
2001 Mrs. Betts
Maggie
2000 Dr. Grace Foley
Mrs. Fisher
1999 Irma
N/A
1998 Sheila Grant
Barbara Royle
Maeve Brunos
Pat Phoenix
Val Rutland
1997 Sheila Grant
Alice
Esmeralda
N/A
1996 Vera
Helga Allowby
1994 Mistress Overdone
1993 N/A
1992 Phyllis Bowman
Miriam Johnson
1991 Mistress Overdone
1990 N/A
1987 Mrs. Bailey
1982 Sheila Grant
1952 Self
Nancy
Cecily
Year Character Movie/Tv

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