82
Years
45
Movies
50
TV Shows
7.8
Rating
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.
82
Years Old
45
Movies
50
TV Shows
7.8
Avg Rating
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.
2001
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.
Gender
Female
Birthday
December 7, 1943
Birthplace
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Also Known As
Fackham Hall
2025
Walk Like a Panther
2018
New Year's Day
2000
Brookside: Friday the 13th
1998
Imagine Me & You
2006
Brassed Off
1996
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
2010
Death on the Tyne
2018
Bitter Harvest
1992
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
2008
The Virgin Mary
2002
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
2023
The Cure
2019
Help
2021
Face
1997
Bilby
—
Stuffed
2025
The Turn of the Screw
2009
Lapland
2011
+ 25 more movies
Downton Abbey
2010
Loose Women
1999
Waking the Dead
2001
Inspector Morse
1987
Parkinson
1998
Would I Lie to You?
2007
Strictly Come Dancing
2004
A Touch of Frost
1992
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
Brookside
1982
Performance
1991
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
Hollyoaks
1995
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
Timeshift
2002
Time
2021
Jam and Jerusalem
2006
The Royle Family
1998
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