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Susan Wright
Susan Johnston, OBE
Sue Johnston
Acting
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.
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Fackham Hall
as Great Aunt Bonaparte
Stuffed
as Lily
Big Winners
as Edith Thistle
The Big Snow of '47
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
as Self / Barbara Royle (archive footage)
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
as Self
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
as Barbara Royle (archive footage)
Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Gladys Denker
Help
as Gloria
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
as Self
TV Shows
Dexter Procter
as Granny Bet · 1 ep.
Truelove
as Marion · 6 ep.
Generation Z
as Cecily · 6 ep.
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
as Herself · 3 ep.
The Responder
as Madge · 1 ep.
Time
as June Cobden · 3 ep.
Taskmaster’s New Year Treat
as Self · 1 ep.
Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors
as Narrator · 2 ep.
Celebrity Gogglebox
2 ep.
DNA Journey
as Self · 1 ep.