Prunella Scales
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1932-06-22 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
Also known As
Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales
Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth
پرونلا اسکیلز
Prunella Scales
Biography
Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales CBE (née Illingworth; born 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.
Acting
1994
as Maude Waggins
2007
as Dolly Keeling
1996
as Miss Bates
1987
as Moira O'Neill
1962
as Estella Fitzjohn
1954
as Vicky Hobson
2006
as Lady Moping
1996
as Sara Turing
1991
as H.M.Q.
1998
as Aunt Agnes
1992
as Queen (voice)
2002
as Grace
1989
as Hannah Ap Llewellyn
1988
as Ethel
1987
as Mrs Prentice
2013
as Joan
2005
as Herself
1999
as Lady Markby
1994
as Margery
2014
as Self
1990
as Narrator
1990
as Narrator
1983
as Lady Kingsclere
2012
as Woman in Pub
2009
as Self / Sybil Fawlty
1976
as Mrs. Sandman
1958
as Council Office Worker (uncredited)
1989
as Milly
1978
as Doris Rutter
1975
as Queen Jemima
1954
as Mary
1995
as Rose
2001
as Queen Victoria
2007
as Self
1996
as Shirley
1988
as Celia Bryce
1994
as Marjorie
1992
as Aunt Juley
1982
as Miriam
2011
as Great Aunt Greta
1978
as Mrs. Harrington
1978
as Glynis
1999
as Dr. Minny Stinkler
1982
as Mistress Page
1953
as Morag McLeod
1992
as Aunt Ellie
1990
as Fleecy Flock
1986
as Judith
2014
as Madame
1987
as Annie Parker
1985
as Marion Brewster-Wright
1984
as Mrs. Shrigley
1977
as Florence Farr
1989
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