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.
- Known ForActing
- Born22 June 1932 (age 93)
- Place of BirthSutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
Prunella Scales
- Known ForActing
- Born22 June 1932 (age 93)
- Place of BirthSutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
KNOWN FOR
PHOTOS
CREDITS
Fawlty Towers: A Very British Comedy
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2025
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
8.0
2014
Sub Rosa
5.0
2014
The Phone Call
7.3
2013
Run For Your Wife
4.4
2012
Horrid Henry: The Movie
5.2
2011
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
8.0
2009
The Shell Seekers
6.9
2007
What the Pythons Did Next...
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2007
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing
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2006
Fawlty Towers Revisited
5.0
2005
A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg
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2002
Station Jim
7.0
2001
The Ghost of Greville Lodge
6.0
2000
An Ideal Husband
6.5
1999
Mad Cows
3.6
1999
Stiff Upper Lips
5.6
1998
An Audience with Alf Garnett
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1997
Emma
6.6
1996
Breaking the Code
5.4
1996
Lord of Misrule
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1996
An Awfully Big Adventure
6.6
1995
Wolf
6.1
1994
Second Best
6.7
1994
Fair Game
4.3
1994
Freddie as F.R.O.7.
5.0
1992
Howards End
7.018
1992
My Friend Walter
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1992
A Question of Attribution
6.6
1991
Dirty Beasts
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1990
Revolting Rhymes
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1990
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
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1990
A Chorus of Disapproval
5.3
1989
Beyond The Pale
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1989
Bosses From Hell
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1989
Communicators From Hell
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1989
Consuming Passions
8.0
1988
Natural Causes
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1988
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
6.6
1987
What the Butler Saw
1.0
1987
When We Are Married
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1987
Home Cooking
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1986
Absurd Person Singular
8.0
1985
Slimming Down
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1984
The Wicked Lady
4.9
1983
Outside Edge
6.0
1982
The Merry Wives of Windsor
8.0
1982
Doris and Doreen
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1978
The Boys from Brazil
6.7
1978
The Hound of the Baskervilles
4.4
1978
The Achurch Letters
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1977
The Littlest Horse Thieves
6.8
1976
The Apple Cart
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1975
Waltz of the Toreadors
4.8
1962
Room at the Top
6.904
1958
Hobson's Choice
7.334
1954
What Every Woman Wants
6.3
1954
The Crowded Day
5.4
1954
Laxdale Hall
6.0