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Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

1932-06-22 / Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK

Biography

Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales CBE (née Illingworth; 22 June 1932) was an English former actor, best known for playing Sybil Fawlty, wife of Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), in the BBC comedy Fawlty Towers; for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in A Question of Attribution (Screen One, BBC 1991) by Alan Bennett (for which she was nominated for a BAFTA award); and for the documentary series Great Canal Journeys (2014–2021), in which she travels on canal barges and narrowboats with her husband, fellow actor Timothy West.

Appearances

Seven of One
Seven of One (1973)
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders (1997)
Bergerac
Bergerac (1981)
Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers (1975)
Marriage Lines
Marriage Lines (1961)
Dalziel & Pascoe
Dalziel & Pascoe (1996)
Great Canal Journeys
Great Canal Journeys (2014)
Mapp & Lucia
Mapp & Lucia (1985)
Keeping Mum
Keeping Mum (1997)
Look at the State We're In!
Look at the State We're In! (1995)
Unnatural Causes
Unnatural Causes (1986)
The Royal
The Royal (2003)
Thompson
Thompson (1988)
Lucky Feller
Lucky Feller (1976)
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (1996)
An Audience with...
An Audience with... (1978)
Casualty
Casualty (1986)
The World of Lee Evans
The World of Lee Evans (1995)
The Rector's Wife
The Rector's Wife (1994)
Signs and Wonders
Signs and Wonders (1995)
Silent Witness
Silent Witness (1996)
Loose Women
Loose Women (1999)
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice (1952)
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
Theatre Night
Theatre Night (1985)
Never the Twain
Never the Twain (1981)
Playhouse
Playhouse (1974)
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
Target
Target (1977)
Dickens
Dickens (2002)
After Henry
After Henry (1988)