Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales CBE (née Illingworth; 22 June 1932) is 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.

Acting

2014

2012

2011

2009

2007

2007

Think
Movie

Customer

2005

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Movie

Sybil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)

2002

Dickens
Tv

Elizabeth Dickens

2001

Station Jim
Movie

Queen Victoria

1999

Mad Cows
Movie

Dr. Minny Stinkler

1999

1998

1997

Midsomer Murders
Tv

Eleanor Bunsall

1996

Emma
Movie

Miss Bates

1996

1995

Signs and Wonders
Tv

Elizabeth Palmore

1994

1994

Wolf
Movie

Maude Waggins

1994

1992

1992

1989

A Chorus of Disapproval
Movie

Hannah Ap Llewellyn

1988

Thompson
Tv

Unknown

1988

1988

1988

After Henry
Tv

Sarah France

1986

Casualty
Tv

Jocelyn Anderson

1985

Mapp & Lucia
Tv

Miss Elizabeth Mapp

1985

1984

Slimming Down
Movie

Mrs. Shrigley

1983

The Wicked Lady
Movie

Lady Kingsclere

1981

Bergerac
Tv

Gloria Gibbins

1981

1978

1976

1975

Fawlty Towers
Tv

Sybil Fawlty

1974

Playhouse
Tv

Florence Farr

1973

1973

1965

1962

1961

1958

Room at the Top
Movie

Council Office Worker (uncredited)

1954

1952

Infos

Full Name
Prunella Scales
Gender
Female
Date of Birth
6/22/1932
Also Known As

Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales

Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth

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