Acting, 1932
Prunella Scales
Born Jun 22, 1932, Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK, Died Oct 27, 2025 (93)
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.
Filmography
40 titles- 2014
Great Canal JourneysSelfIMDb 8.8Show - 2004
Agatha Christie's MarpleMrs MackenzieIMDb 7.9Show - 1999
Loose WomenSelfIMDb 3.4Show - 1997
Midsomer MurdersEleanor BunsallIMDb 7.5Show - 1996
Silent WitnessAnne ParkerIMDb 7.6Show - 1996
Dalziel and PascoeEdith DisneyIMDb 6.4Show - 1996
EmmaMiss BatesIMDb 6.6Movie - 1996
Dennis the Menace and GnasherMrs. DuffelIMDb 6.3Show - 1995
Signs and WondersElizabeth PalmoreIMDb 7.0Show - 1994
WolfMaude WagginsIMDb 6.1Movie - 1994
Fair GameMarjorieIMDb 5.0Movie - 1992
Howards EndAunt JuleyIMDb 7.0Movie - 1989
Screen OneH.M.Q.IMDb 7.2Show - 1988
After HenrySarah FranceIMDb 6.7Show - 1988
Consuming PassionsEthelIMDb 8.3Movie - 1986
CasualtyJocelyn AndersonIMDb 6.2Show - 1986
ScreenPlayMillyIMDb 6.0Show - 1986
Unnatural CausesJudithIMDb 6.3Show - 1986
Home CookingJudithMovie - 1985
Theatre NightMrs. PrenticeShow - 1985
Mapp & LuciaMiss Elizabeth MappIMDb 6.2Show - 1984Weekend PlayhouseOlive DoddShow
- 1981
BergeracGloria GibbinsIMDb 7.0Show - 1981
Never the TwainSusan PeelIMDb 7.0Show - 1978
An Audience with...SelfIMDb 5.3Show - 1978
The BBC Television ShakespeareMistress PageIMDb 6.0Show - 1978
Pickersgill PeopleMavis BlackheadShow - 1978
The Boys from BrazilMrs. HarringtonIMDb 6.7Movie - 1977
TargetDiana BlakeIMDb 7.0Show - 1977Mr BigDollyIMDb 7.0Show
- 1975
Fawlty TowersSybil FawltyIMDb 8.3Show - 1974
PlayhouseFlorence FarrIMDb 7.0Show - 1973
Seven of OneMarion JoyceIMDb 7.3Show - 1972
Country MattersBabs PickardIMDb 4.6Show - 1971Film '72SelfIMDb 5.1Show
- 1965
BBC Play of the MonthQueen JemimaIMDb 5.2Show - 1965
Thirty-Minute TheatreMarieIMDb 4.2Show - 1961Faces of JimLaura MorrellShow
- 1961
Marriage LinesKate StarlingIMDb 7.0Show - 1958
Room at the TopCouncil Office Worker (uncredited)IMDb 6.9Movie