
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.

as Phyllis Bowman

as Miss Denker
2010

as Dr. Grace Foley
2001

as Phyllis Bowman
1992

as Mrs. Bailey
1987

as Self
1999

as Self
2007

as Self
2004

as Sheila Grant
1982

as Self
1952

as Self - Participant
2011

as Sheila Grant
1995

as Self
2004
as Great Aunt Bonaparte
2025

as Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016

as Matrashka
2026

as Lily
2025

as Great Aunt Bonaparte
2025

as Edith Thistle
2025

as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024

as Self
2023

as Barbara Royle (archive footage)
2023

as Self / Barbara Royle (archive footage)
2023

as Gladys Denker
2022

as Self
2021

as Gloria
2021
as Narrator
2020

as Bella Bailey
2019

as Colleen
2018

as Gladys
2018

as Narrator (voice)
2017

as Narrator
2017

as Self - Narrator
2017

as Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016

as Self
2016

as Nancy
2016

as Self
2015
as Marjoram Bryon
2014

as Barbara Royle
2012
as Phyllis Bowman
1 ep.

as Miss Denker
6 episodes

as Dr. Grace Foley
90 episodes

as Phyllis Bowman
1 episodes

as Mrs. Bailey
1 episodes

as Self
2 episodes

as Self
1 episodes

as Self
1 episodes

as Sheila Grant
882 episodes

as Self
1 episodes

as Self - Participant
1 episodes

as Sheila Grant
1 episodes

as Self
1 episodes

1 episodes

as Self
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes

as Mistress Overdone
1 episodes

as Helga Allowby
1 episodes

as Miriam Johnson
1 episodes

as June Cobden
3 episodes

2 episodes

as Self - Narrator
1 episodes

1 episodes

as Caroline Ferraday
1 episodes

as Affery / Affery Flintwinch
14 episodes