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Prunella Scales
Actor· Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
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
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
38 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | The Phone Call | Joan | Film |
| 2011 | Horrid Henry: The Movie | Great Aunt Greta | Film |
| 2009 | Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened | Self / Sybil Fawlty | Film |
| 2007 | The Shell Seekers | Dolly Keeling | Film |
| 2006 | Mr. Loveday's Little Outing | Lady Moping | Film |
| 2003 | Looking for Victoria | Self / Victoria | TV |
| 2002 | A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg | Grace | Film |
| 2001 | Station Jim | Queen Victoria | Film |
| 1999 | Mad Cows | Dr. Minny Stinkler | Film |
| 1998 | Stiff Upper Lips | Aunt Agnes | Film |
| 1996 | Breaking the Code | Sara Turing | Film |
| 1996 | Emma | Miss Bates | Film |
| 1995 | An Awfully Big Adventure | Rose | Film |
| 1994 | Fair Game | Marjorie | Film |
| 1994 | Wolf | Maude Waggins | Film |
| 1994 | Second Best | Margery | Film |
| 1992 | Howards End | Aunt Juley | Film |
| 1992 | Freddie As F.R.O.7. | Queen (voice) | Film |
| 1991 | A Question of Attribution | H.M.Q. | Film |
| 1989 | A Chorus of Disapproval | Hannah Ap Llewellyn | Film |
| 1988 | Consuming Passions | Ethel | Film |
| 1988 | After Henry | Sarah France | TV |
| 1987 | The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne | Moira O'Neill | Film |
| 1987 | What the Butler Saw | Mrs Prentice | Film |
| 1984 | Slimming Down | Mrs. Shrigley | Film |
| 1983 | The Wicked Lady | Lady Kingsclere | Film |
| 1982 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | Mistress Page | Film |
| 1978 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Glynis | Film |
| 1978 | The Boys from Brazil | Mrs. Harrington | Film |
| 1976 | The Littlest Horse Thieves | Mrs. Sandman | Film |
| 1975 | Fawlty Towers | Sybil Fawlty | TV |
| 1975 | The Apple Cart | Queen Jemima | Film |
| 1962 | Waltz of the Toreadors | Estella Fitzjohn | Film |
| 1961 | Marriage Lines | Kate Starling | TV |
| 1958 | Room at the Top | Council Office Worker (uncredited) | Film |
| 1954 | The Crowded Day | Customer | Film |
| 1954 | Hobson's Choice | Vicky Hobson | Film |
| 1953 | Laxdale Hall | Morag McLeod | Film |
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