
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.

Downton Abbey
TV • 2010

Waking the Dead
TV • 2001

Parkinson
TV • 1998

A Touch of Frost
TV • 1992

Would I Lie to You?
TV • 2007

Strictly Come Dancing
TV • 2004

Hollyoaks
TV • 1995

Today
TV • 1952

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV • 2011

Performance
TV • 1991

Brookside
TV • 1982

Inspector Morse
TV • 1987

Loose Women
TV • 1999

The Paul O'Grady Show
TV • 2004

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
TV • 1996

Who Do You Think You Are?
TV • 2004

Timeshift
TV • 2002

Time
TV • 2021