Prunella Scales
Born:
1932-06-22
From:
Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
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.
Acting
The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Sub Rosa
The Phone Call
Run For Your Wife
Horrid Henry: The Movie
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
The Shell Seekers
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Think
What the Pythons Did Next...
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing
Fawlty Towers Revisited
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The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
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A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg
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Station Jim
The Ghost of Greville Lodge
Mad Cows
An Ideal Husband
Stiff Upper Lips
An Audience with Alf Garnett
Emma
Breaking the Code
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Lord of Misrule
An Awfully Big Adventure