Prunella Scales
Biography
Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales CBE (née Illingworth; born 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 For
Acting
1994
asMaude Waggins
2007
asDolly Keeling
1996
asMiss Bates
1987
asMoira O'Neill
1962
asEstella Fitzjohn
1954
asVicky Hobson
2006
asLady Moping
1996
asSara Turing
1991
asH.M.Q.
1998
asAunt Agnes
1992
asQueen (voice)
2002
asGrace
1989
asHannah Ap Llewellyn
1988
asEthel
1987
asMrs Prentice
2013
asJoan
2005
asHerself
1999
asLady Markby
1994
asMargery
2014
asSelf
1990
asNarrator
1990
asNarrator
1983
asLady Kingsclere
2012
asWoman in Pub
2009
asSelf / Sybil Fawlty
1976
asMrs. Sandman
1997
as
1958
asCouncil Office Worker (uncredited)
2000
as
1989
asMilly
1978
asDoris Rutter
1975
asQueen Jemima
1954
asMary
1995
asRose
2001
asQueen Victoria
2007
asSelf
1996
asShirley
1988
asCelia Bryce
1994
asMarjorie
1992
asAunt Juley
1982
asMiriam
2011
asGreat Aunt Greta
1978
asMrs. Harrington
1978
asGlynis
1999
asDr. Minny Stinkler
1982
asMistress Page
1953
asMorag McLeod
1992
asAunt Ellie
1990
asFleecy Flock
1986
asJudith
2014
asMadame
1987
asAnnie Parker
1985
asMarion Brewster-Wright
1984
asMrs. Shrigley
1977
asFlorence Farr
1989
as
1989
as
2025
as
as
asEleanor Bunsall
asGloria Gibbins
asSybil Fawlty
as
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asSelf
as
asasMarjorie
asStoryteller
asJudith
asRed Admiral
as 
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asMrs. Duffel
as
asSelf
asJocelyn Anderson
asMother
asMarjorie Richardson
asElizabeth Palmore
asAnne Parker
asSelf
asLydia Bennet
asMarie
asMrs Mackenzie
asMrs. Prentice
asMistress Page
asSusan Peel
asFlorence Farr
Production
Crew
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