About

Known credits:
69
Birthday:
1932-06-22
Place of birth:
Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
Website:
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Prunella Scales

Overview

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 for

Acting
2025 Fawlty Towers: A Very British Comedy Actor N/A
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2014 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy Actor Self 59
Average
2014 Sub Rosa Actor Madame 58
Average
2013 The Phone Call Actor Joan 60
Fair
2012 Run For Your Wife Actor Woman in Pub 58
Average
2011 Horrid Henry: The Movie Actor Great Aunt Greta 57
Average
2009 Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened Actor Self / Sybil Fawlty 59
Average
2007 The Shell Seekers Actor Dolly Keeling 58
Average
2007 What the Pythons Did Next... Actor Self N/A
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2006 Mr. Loveday's Little Outing Actor Lady Moping N/A
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2005 Fawlty Towers Revisited Actor Herself N/A
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2002 Dickens Actor N/A
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2002 A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg Actor Grace N/A
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2001 Station Jim Actor Queen Victoria 58
Average
2000 The Ghost of Greville Lodge Actor 59
Average
1999 Mad Cows Actor Dr. Minny Stinkler 58
Average
1999 An Ideal Husband Actor Lady Markby 58
Average
1998 Stiff Upper Lips Actor Aunt Agnes 59
Average
1997 An Audience with Alf Garnett Actor N/A
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1996 Emma Actor Miss Bates 60
Fair
1996 Breaking the Code Actor Sara Turing 58
Average
1996 Lord of Misrule Actor Shirley N/A
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1995 Look at the State We're In! Actor Storyteller N/A
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1995 An Awfully Big Adventure Actor Rose 59
Average
1995 Signs and Wonders Actor Elizabeth Palmore N/A
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1994 Second Best Actor Margery 59
Average
1994 Wolf Actor Maude Waggins 60
Fair
1994 Fair Game Actor Marjorie 58
Average
1994 The Rector's Wife Actor Marjorie Richardson 70
Good
1992 Freddie as F.R.O.7. Actor Queen (voice) 58
Average
1992 My Friend Walter Actor Aunt Ellie N/A
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1992 Howards End Actor Aunt Juley 64
Fair
1991 A Question of Attribution Actor H.M.Q. 58
Average
1990 The Tale of Little Pig Robinson Actor Fleecy Flock N/A
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1990 Revolting Rhymes Actor Narrator N/A
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1990 Dirty Beasts Actor Narrator N/A
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1989 Beyond The Pale Actor Milly N/A
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1989 A Chorus of Disapproval Actor Hannah Ap Llewellyn 58
Average
1989 Bosses From Hell Actor N/A
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1989 Communicators From Hell Actor N/A
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1988 Natural Causes Actor Celia Bryce N/A
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1988 Consuming Passions Actor Ethel 58
Average
1988 After Henry Actor 68
Fair
1987 When We Are Married Actor Annie Parker N/A
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1987 The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne Actor Moira O'Neill 59
Average
1987 What the Butler Saw Actor Mrs Prentice 58
Average
1986 Home Cooking Actor Judith N/A
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1985 Mapp & Lucia Actor 68
Fair
1985 Absurd Person Singular Actor Marion Brewster-Wright 58
Average
1984 Slimming Down Actor Mrs. Shrigley N/A
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1983 The Wicked Lady Actor Lady Kingsclere 58
Average
1982 The Merry Wives of Windsor Actor Mistress Page 58
Average
1982 Outside Edge Actor Miriam 58
Average
1978 Doris and Doreen Actor Doris Rutter N/A
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1978 The Boys from Brazil Actor Mrs. Harrington 62
Fair
1978 The Hound of the Baskervilles Actor Glynis 57
Average
1977 The Achurch Letters Actor Florence Farr N/A
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1976 The Littlest Horse Thieves Actor Mrs. Sandman 59
Average
1975 Fawlty Towers Remastered Actor Sybil Fawlty N/A
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1975 Fawlty Towers Actor Sybil Fawlty 81
Very good
1975 The Apple Cart Actor Queen Jemima N/A
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1962 Waltz of the Toreadors Actor Estella Fitzjohn 58
Average
1961 Marriage Lines Actor 69
Fair
1958 Room at the Top Actor Council Office Worker (uncredited) 60
Fair
1954 The Crowded Day Actor Customer 58
Average
1954 What Every Woman Wants Actor Mary 59
Average
1954 Hobson's Choice Actor Vicky Hobson 61
Fair
1953 Laxdale Hall Actor Morag McLeod 59
Average
1952 Pride and Prejudice Actor Lydia Bennet N/A
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