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    Prunella Scales

    Prunella Scales

    Personal Info

    Known ForActing
    BornJune 22, 1932
    DiedOctober 27, 2025 (aged 93)
    Place of BirthSutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
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    Prunella Scales

    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

    61 movies
    Emma
    6.6

    Emma

    1996

    Station Jim
    7.0

    Station Jim

    2001

    Fair Game
    3.8

    Fair Game

    1994

    Wolf
    6.1

    Wolf

    1994

    Horrid Henry: The Movie
    5.2

    Horrid Henry: The Movie

    2011

    Second Best
    6.7

    Second Best

    1994

    Slimming Down

    Slimming Down

    1984

    Consuming Passions
    8.0

    Consuming Passions

    1988

    Home Cooking

    Home Cooking

    1986

    Mad Cows
    3.4

    Mad Cows

    1999

    Laxdale Hall
    6.0

    Laxdale Hall

    1953

    Room at the Top
    6.9

    Room at the Top

    1958

    Lord of Misrule

    Lord of Misrule

    1996

    Natural Causes

    Natural Causes

    1988

    Howards End
    7.0

    Howards End

    1992

    The Wicked Lady
    4.8

    The Wicked Lady

    1983

    An Awfully Big Adventure
    6.5

    An Awfully Big Adventure

    1995

    Waltz of the Toreadors
    4.8

    Waltz of the Toreadors

    1962

    The Littlest Horse Thieves
    6.8

    The Littlest Horse Thieves

    1976

    The Apple Cart

    The Apple Cart

    1975

    An Ideal Husband
    6.4

    An Ideal Husband

    1999

    Absurd Person Singular
    8.0

    Absurd Person Singular

    1985

    The Achurch Letters

    The Achurch Letters

    1977

    The Crowded Day
    5.4

    The Crowded Day

    1954

    Sub Rosa
    5.0

    Sub Rosa

    2014

    Hobson's Choice
    7.4

    Hobson's Choice

    1954

    The Phone Call
    7.3

    The Phone Call

    2013

    Doris and Doreen
    6.0

    Doris and Doreen

    1978

    Dirty Beasts

    Dirty Beasts

    1990

    When We Are Married

    When We Are Married

    1987

    The Boys from Brazil
    6.7

    The Boys from Brazil

    1978

    The Shell Seekers
    6.9

    The Shell Seekers

    2007

    Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
    8.0

    Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

    2009

    A Question of Attribution
    6.6

    A Question of Attribution

    1991

    My Friend Walter

    My Friend Walter

    1992

    Fawlty Towers Revisited
    5.0

    Fawlty Towers Revisited

    2005

    The Hound of the Baskervilles
    4.3

    The Hound of the Baskervilles

    1978

    The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
    6.5

    The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

    1987

    Bosses From Hell

    Bosses From Hell

    1989

    Beyond The Pale

    Beyond The Pale

    1989

    Freddie As F.R.O.7.
    5.2

    Freddie As F.R.O.7.

    1992

    The Ghost of Greville Lodge
    6.0

    The Ghost of Greville Lodge

    2000

    Revolting Rhymes

    Revolting Rhymes

    1990

    Stiff Upper Lips
    5.2

    Stiff Upper Lips

    1998

    What the Pythons Did Next...

    What the Pythons Did Next...

    2007

    A Chorus of Disapproval
    5.3

    A Chorus of Disapproval

    1989

    Run For Your Wife
    4.4

    Run For Your Wife

    2012

    50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
    8.0

    50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

    2014

    What Every Woman Wants
    6.3

    What Every Woman Wants

    1954

    The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers

    The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers

    2025

    Breaking the Code
    5.1

    Breaking the Code

    1996

    The Merry Wives of Windsor
    8.0

    The Merry Wives of Windsor

    1982

    The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

    The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

    1990

    Outside Edge
    6.0

    Outside Edge

    1982

    Communicators From Hell

    Communicators From Hell

    1989

    A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg

    A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg

    2002

    The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher

    The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher

    1994

    An Audience with Alf Garnett

    An Audience with Alf Garnett

    1997

    What the Butler Saw
    1.0

    What the Butler Saw

    1987

    Singles
    6.0

    Singles

    1983

    Mr. Loveday's Little Outing

    Mr. Loveday's Little Outing

    2006