From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Prunella Scales, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
| Birth Location | Sutton Abinger, Surrey, UK |
|---|---|
| Born | 1932-06-22 |
Movies
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
as Self
2014
Sub Rosa
as Madame
2014
The Phone Call
as Joan
2013
Run For Your Wife
as Woman in Pub
2012
Horrid Henry: The Movie
as Great Aunt Greta
2011
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
as Self / Sybil Fawlty
2009
The Shell Seekers
as Dolly Keeling
2007
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing
as Lady Moping
2006
Fawlty Towers Revisited
as Herself
2005
A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg
as Grace
2002
Station Jim
as Queen Victoria
2001
Mad Cows
as Dr. Minny Stinkler
1999
An Ideal Husband
as Lady Markby
1999
Stiff Upper Lips
as Aunt Agnes
1998
Emma
as Miss Bates
1996
Breaking the Code
as Sara Turing
1996
Lord of Misrule
as Shirley
1996
1996
An Awfully Big Adventure
as Rose
1995
Second Best
as Margery
1994
Wolf
as Maude Waggins
1994
Fair Game
as Marjorie
1994
Freddie as F.R.O.7.
as Queen (voice)
1992
My Friend Walter
as Aunt Ellie
1992
Howards End
as Aunt Juley
1992
A Question of Attribution
as H.M.Q.
1991
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
as Fleecy Flock
1990
Revolting Rhymes
as Narrator
1990
Dirty Beasts
as Narrator
1990
Beyond The Pale
as Milly
1989
A Chorus of Disapproval
as Hannah Ap Llewellyn
1989
Natural Causes
as Celia Bryce
1988
Consuming Passions
as Ethel
1988
When We Are Married
as Annie Parker
1987
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
as Moira O'Neill
1987
What the Butler Saw
as Mrs Prentice
1987
Home Cooking
as Judith
1986
Absurd Person Singular
as Marion Brewster-Wright
1985
The Wicked Lady
as Lady Kingsclere
1983
The Merry Wives of Windsor
as Mistress Page
1982
Outside Edge
as Miriam
1982
Doris and Doreen
as Doris Rutter
1978
The Boys from Brazil
as Mrs. Harrington
1978
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Glynis
1978
The Littlest Horse Thieves
as Mrs. Sandman
1976
The Apple Cart
as Queen Jemima
1975
Waltz of the Toreadors
as Estella Fitzjohn
1962
Room at the Top
as Council Office Worker (uncredited)
1959
What Every Woman Wants
as Mary
1954
Hobson's Choice
as Vicky Hobson
1954
Laxdale Hall
as Morag McLeod
1953
Prunella Scales hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
