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Prunella Scales
ActingBORN: 1932-06-22Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
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.
Top Filmography
6.1
Wolf
1994 // MOVIE
8.3
Fawlty Towers
1975 // TV
7.0
Howards End
1992 // MOVIE
6.7
The Boys from Brazil
1978 // MOVIE
7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997 // TV
7.4
Hobson's Choice
1954 // MOVIE
6.9
Room at the Top
1958 // MOVIE
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 // TV
6.6
Emma
1996 // MOVIE
7.5
Silent Witness
1996 // TV
5.2
Horrid Henry: The Movie
2011 // MOVIE
6.2
Casualty
1986 // TV
7.3
The Phone Call
2013 // MOVIE
6.5
An Awfully Big Adventure
1995 // MOVIE
6.7
Second Best
1994 // MOVIE