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
as
as
asSelf
as
as
asMarjorie
asStoryteller
asJudith
asRed Admiral
as
as
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
Production
Crew
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