Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

Birthday

22.06.1932

Deathday

27.10.2025

Place of birth

Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK

Gender

Female

Known for

Acting

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

Outside Edge

Outside Edge

12/19/1982

Station Jim

Station Jim

12/30/2001

The Phone Call

The Phone Call

10/20/2013

Laxdale Hall

Laxdale Hall

4/1/1953

Howards End

Howards End

3/13/1992

Room at the Top

Room at the Top

12/29/1958

Second Best

Second Best

9/30/1994

Emma

Emma

10/2/1996

Wolf

Wolf

6/17/1994

Singles

Singles

4/11/1983

Sub Rosa

Sub Rosa

1/1/2014

Fair Game

Fair Game

6/11/1994

Mad Cows

Mad Cows

10/29/1999

Home Cooking

Home Cooking

11/8/1986

Dirty Beasts

Dirty Beasts

1/2/1990

Slimming Down

Slimming Down

6/30/1984

Think

Think

7/7/2007

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