Actor

Prunella Scales

June 22, 1932 · 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.

Notable work

6.1
Wolf (1994)
as Maude Waggins
8.3
Fawlty Towers (1975)
as Sybil Fawlty
7
Howards End (1992)
as Aunt Juley
6.7
The Boys from Brazil (1978)
as Mrs. Harrington
7.5
Midsomer Murders (1997)
as Eleanor Bunsall

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