People
Prunella Scales
- Name: Prunella Scales
- Birthday: 1932-06-22
- Also known as: Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales,Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth,پرونلا اسکیلز
- Place of birth: Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
- Popularity: 1.3253
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.
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers | 2025-05-31 |
| 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy as Self | 2014-05-24 |
| Sub Rosa as Madame | 2014-01-01 |
| The Phone Call as Joan | 2013-10-20 |
| Run For Your Wife as Woman in Pub | 2012-05-16 |
| Horrid Henry: The Movie as Great Aunt Greta | 2011-07-29 |
| Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened as Self / Sybil Fawlty | 2009-05-10 |
| The Shell Seekers as Dolly Keeling | 2007-10-18 |
| Think as Customer | 2007-07-07 |
| What the Pythons Did Next... as Self | 2007-01-01 |
| Mr. Loveday's Little Outing as Lady Moping | 2006-05-07 |
| Fawlty Towers Revisited as Herself | 2005-12-01 |
| The Funny Blokes of British Comedy as Sybil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2005-03-03 |
| A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg as Grace | 2002-03-13 |
| Station Jim as Queen Victoria | 2001-12-30 |
| The Ghost of Greville Lodge as Sarah | 2000-10-06 |
| Mad Cows as Dr. Minny Stinkler | 1999-10-29 |
| An Ideal Husband as Lady Markby | 1999-05-18 |
| Stiff Upper Lips as Aunt Agnes | 1998-06-12 |
| An Audience with Alf Garnett | 1997-04-05 |
| Emma as Miss Bates | 1996-10-02 |
| Breaking the Code as Sara Turing | 1996-09-17 |
| Lord of Misrule as Shirley | 1996-05-06 |
| An Awfully Big Adventure as Rose | 1995-05-11 |
| Second Best as Margery | 1994-09-30 |
| Wolf as Maude Waggins | 1994-06-17 |
| Fair Game as Marjorie | 1994-06-11 |
| The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher as Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (voice) | 1994-04-01 |
| Freddie As F.R.O.7. as Queen (voice) | 1992-08-14 |
| My Friend Walter as Aunt Ellie | 1992-04-24 |
| Howards End as Aunt Juley | 1992-03-13 |
| A Question of Attribution as H.M.Q. | 1991-10-20 |
| The Tale of Little Pig Robinson as Fleecy Flock | 1990-12-26 |
| Dirty Beasts as Narrator | 1990-01-02 |
| Revolting Rhymes as Narrator | 1990-01-02 |
| Beyond The Pale as Milly | 1989-08-30 |
| A Chorus of Disapproval as Hannah Ap Llewellyn | 1989-08-18 |
| Communicators From Hell | 1989-01-01 |
| Bosses From Hell | 1989-01-01 |
| Natural Causes as Celia Bryce | 1988-09-11 |
| Consuming Passions as Ethel | 1988-04-06 |
| When We Are Married as Annie Parker | 1987-12-26 |
| The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne as Moira O'Neill | 1987-12-23 |
| What the Butler Saw as Mrs Prentice | 1987-05-23 |
| Home Cooking as Judith | 1986-11-08 |
| Absurd Person Singular as Marion Brewster-Wright | 1985-01-01 |
| Slimming Down as Mrs. Shrigley | 1984-06-30 |
| The Wicked Lady as Lady Kingsclere | 1983-04-21 |
| Singles as Gail | 1983-04-11 |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor as Mistress Page | 1982-12-28 |
| Outside Edge as Miriam | 1982-12-19 |
| Doris and Doreen as Doris Rutter | 1978-12-16 |
| The Boys from Brazil as Mrs. Harrington | 1978-10-05 |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles as Glynis | 1978-08-01 |
| The Achurch Letters as Florence Farr | 1977-01-12 |
| The Littlest Horse Thieves as Mrs. Sandman | 1976-05-26 |
| The Apple Cart as Queen Jemima | 1975-01-19 |
| The Ring of Truth as Babs Pickard | 1973-03-04 |
| Waltz of the Toreadors as Estella Fitzjohn | 1962-04-12 |
| Room at the Top as Council Office Worker (uncredited) | 1958-12-29 |
| The Crowded Day as Customer | 1954-10-01 |
| What Every Woman Wants as Mary | 1954-06-10 |
| Hobson's Choice as Vicky Hobson | 1954-04-19 |
| Laxdale Hall as Morag McLeod | 1953-04-01 |
