Prunella Scales
Acting
Born: 1932-06-22 in Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
Biography
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
Midsomer Murders
Eleanor Bunsall
Casualty
Jocelyn Anderson
Silent Witness
Anne Parker
Loose Women
Self
Agatha Christie's Marple
Mrs Mackenzie
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Mistress Page
BBC Play of the Month
Queen Jemima
Bergerac
Gloria Gibbins
Playhouse
Florence Farr
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Marie
Dalziel and Pascoe
Edith Disney
An Audience with...
Self
ScreenPlay
Milly
Screen One
H.M.Q.
Fawlty Towers
Sybil Fawlty
Wolf
Maude Waggins
Never the Twain
Susan Peel
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
Mrs. Duffel
Unnatural Causes
Judith
Target
Diana Blake
The Boys from Brazil
Mrs. Harrington
Howards End
Aunt Juley
Mapp & Lucia
Miss Elizabeth Mapp
Country Matters
Babs Pickard
After Henry
Sarah France
Emma
Miss Bates
Pickersgill People
Mavis Blackhead
Great Canal Journeys
Self
Sub Rosa
Madame
Seven of One
Marion Joyce
The Rector's Wife
Marjorie Richardson
Marriage Lines
Kate Starling
Fair Game
Marjorie
Theatre Night
Mrs. Prentice
Consuming Passions
Ethel
Second Best
Margery
Home Cooking
Judith