Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

Acting
Born 1932-06-22 Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK 8 credit(s) Popularity 0.7
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 (20...
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Biography

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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

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Great Canal Journeys poster
Great Canal Journeys
as Self
2014-03-10
Open
Agatha Christie's Marple poster
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Mrs Mackenzie
2004-12-12
Open
Loose Women poster
Loose Women
as Self
1999-09-06
Open
Midsomer Murders poster
Midsomer Murders
as Eleanor Bunsall
1997-03-23
Open
Dalziel and Pascoe poster
Dalziel and Pascoe
as Edith Disney
1996-03-16
Open
Screen One poster
Screen One
as H.M.Q.
1989-09-10
Open
Casualty poster
Casualty
as Jocelyn Anderson
1986-09-06
Open
ScreenPlay poster
ScreenPlay
as Milly
1986-07-09
Open

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