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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.

Welcome to Borovia
as Matrashka

Stuffed
as Lily

Fackham Hall
as Great Aunt Bonaparte

Dexter Procter
as Granny Bet

Big Winners
as Edith Thistle

Generation Z
as Cecily

Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
as Herself

Truelove
as Marion

The Big Snow of '47
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
as Self

Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
as Barbara Royle (archive footage)

The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
as Self / Barbara Royle (archive footage)

Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Gladys Denker

The Responder
as Madge

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
as Self

Help
as Gloria

Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors
as Narrator

Time
as June Cobden

Taskmaster’s New Year Treat
as Self
David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
as Narrator

The Cure
as Bella Bailey

The Cockfields
as Sue

DNA Journey
as Self

Celebrity Gogglebox

Death on the Tyne
as Colleen

Age Before Beauty
as Ivy-Rae Regan

Walk Like a Panther
as Gladys

Diana and the Paparazzi
as Narrator (voice)

Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
as Narrator

Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
as Self

Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
as Self - Narrator

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rovers
as Doreen

World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
as Self

Golden Years
as Nancy

The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
as Self
Caring for the Recently Deceased
as Marjoram Bryon

Being Eileen
as Eileen Lewis

The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
as Barbara Royle

Gates
as Miss Hunter

Lapland
as Eileen Lewis

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant

Sugartown
Baby Hospital

The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
as Barbara

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
as Self

Downton Abbey
as Miss Denker

A Passionate Woman
as Betty (1980s)

The Turn of the Screw
as Sarah Grose

The Golden Egg Cup
as Barbara Royle

Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Royle Family: The New Sofa
as Barbara Royle

Little Dorrit
as Affery / Affery Flintwinch
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self

Would I Lie to You?
as Self

Jam and Jerusalem
as Sal Vine

The Street

Imagine Me & You
as Ella

Liverpool FC: One Night in May
as Self

Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self