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Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

Actor · Born 1932-06-22 · Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Wolf (1994) — Maude Waggins
  2. Fawlty Towers (1975) — Sybil Fawlty
  3. Howards End (1992) — Aunt Juley
  4. The Boys from Brazil (1978) — Mrs. Harrington
  5. Midsomer Murders (1997) — Eleanor Bunsall
  6. Hobson's Choice (1954) — Vicky Hobson
  7. Room at the Top (1958) — Council Office Worker (uncredited)
  8. Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) — Mrs Mackenzie
  9. Emma (1996) — Miss Bates
  10. Silent Witness (1996) — Anne Parker
  11. Horrid Henry: The Movie (2011) — Great Aunt Greta
  12. Casualty (1986) — Jocelyn Anderson
  13. The Phone Call (2013) — Joan
  14. An Awfully Big Adventure (1995) — Rose
  15. Second Best (1994) — Margery
  16. Freddie As F.R.O.7. (1992) — Queen (voice)
  17. The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987) — Moira O'Neill
  18. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978) — Glynis
  19. Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) — Edith Disney
  20. A Chorus of Disapproval (1989) — Hannah Ap Llewellyn
  21. The Wicked Lady (1983) — Lady Kingsclere
  22. Bergerac (1981) — Gloria Gibbins
  23. Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (1996) — Mrs. Duffel
  24. Loose Women (1999) — Self
  25. Breaking the Code (1996) — Sara Turing
  26. The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976) — Mrs. Sandman
  27. Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) — Estella Fitzjohn
  28. Stiff Upper Lips (1998) — Aunt Agnes
  29. Run For Your Wife (2012) — Woman in Pub
  30. Mad Cows (1999) — Dr. Minny Stinkler
  31. Never the Twain (1981) — Susan Peel
  32. A Question of Attribution (1991) — H.M.Q.
  33. The Royal (2003) — Red Admiral
  34. The Crowded Day (1954) — Customer
  35. An Ideal Husband (1999) — Lady Markby
  36. Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) — Marie
  37. BBC Play of the Month (1965) — Queen Jemima
  38. Mapp & Lucia (1985) — Miss Elizabeth Mapp
  39. The Shell Seekers (2007) — Dolly Keeling
  40. The Ghost of Greville Lodge (2000) — Sarah