Prunella Scales
Acting
Born 1932-06-22 · 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.
Known for
Marriage Lines
1961 · TV
After Henry
1988 · TV
Great Canal Journeys
2014 · TV
Fawlty Towers
1975 · TV
Midsomer Murders
1997 · TV
Mapp & Lucia
1985 · TV
Pride and Prejudice
1952 · TV
The Rector's Wife
1994 · TV
Signs and Wonders
1995 · TV
Silent Witness
1996 · TV
An Audience with...
1978 · TV
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · TV
Casualty
1986 · TV
Playhouse
1974 · TV
Bergerac
1981 · TV
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · TV
Dalziel & Pascoe
1996 · TV
Target
1977 · TV
The Royal
2003 · TV
Never the Twain
1981 · TV
Seven of One
1973 · TV
Lucky Feller
1976 · TV
Dickens
2002 · TV
The World of Lee Evans
1995 · TV
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
1996 · TV
Unnatural Causes
1986 · TV
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · TV
Country Matters
1972 · TV
Theatre Night
1985 · TV
Keeping Mum
1997 · TV
Loose Women
1999 · TV