Prunella Scales
Acting
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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movieSub Rosa
2014
Madame
movieRun For Your Wife
2012
Woman in Pub
movieHorrid Henry: The Movie
2011
Great Aunt Greta
movieFawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009
Self / Sybil Fawlty
movieThe Shell Seekers
2007
Dolly Keeling
Think
2007
Customer
movieMr. Loveday's Little Outing
2006
Lady Moping
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
Sybil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
Mrs Mackenzie
Looking for Victoria
2003
Self / Victoria
tvThe Royal
2003
Red Admiral
tvDickens
2002
Elizabeth Dickens
Station Jim
2001
Queen Victoria
movieMad Cows
1999
Dr. Minny Stinkler
movieAn Ideal Husband
1999
Lady Markby
movieStiff Upper Lips
1998
Aunt Agnes
tvKeeping Mum
1997
Marjorie
tvMidsomer Murders
1997
Eleanor Bunsall
movieEmma
1996
Miss Bates
movieBreaking the Code
1996
Sara Turing
tvDennis the Menace and Gnasher
1996
Mrs. Duffel
tvDalziel and Pascoe
1996
Edith Disney
tvSilent Witness
1996
Anne Parker
tvSigns and Wonders
1995
Elizabeth Palmore
movieSecond Best
1994
Margery
movieWolf
1994
Maude Waggins
movieFair Game
1994
Marjorie
movieThe World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
1994
Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (voice)
tvThe Rector's Wife
1994
Marjorie Richardson
movieFreddie As F.R.O.7.
1992
Queen (voice)
movieMy Friend Walter
1992
Aunt Ellie
movieHowards End
1992
Aunt Juley
movieThe Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990
Fleecy Flock
movieDirty Beasts
1990
Narrator
movieRevolting Rhymes
1990
Narrator
tvScreen One
1989
H.M.Q.
movieA Chorus of Disapproval
1989
Hannah Ap Llewellyn
movieNatural Causes
1988
Celia Bryce
tvAfter Henry
1988
Sarah France
movieWhen We Are Married
1987
Annie Parker
movieThe Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987
Moira O'Neill
movieWhat the Butler Saw
1987
Mrs Prentice
movieHome Cooking
1986
Judith
tvUnnatural Causes
1986
Judith
tvCasualty
1986
Jocelyn Anderson
tvScreenPlay
1986
Milly
tvTheatre Night
1985
Mrs. Prentice
tvMapp & Lucia
1985
Miss Elizabeth Mapp
movieAbsurd Person Singular
1985
Marion Brewster-Wright
Weekend Playhouse
1984
Olive Dodd
movieSlimming Down
1984
Mrs. Shrigley
movieThe Wicked Lady
1983
Lady Kingsclere
movieThe Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
Mistress Page
movieOutside Edge
1982
Miriam
tvBergerac
1981
Gloria Gibbins
tvNever the Twain
1981
Susan Peel
movieDoris and Doreen
1978
Doris Rutter
tvThe BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
Mistress Page
movieThe Boys from Brazil
1978
Mrs. Harrington
tvTarget
1977
Diana Blake
movieThe Achurch Letters
1977
Florence Farr
movieThe Littlest Horse Thieves
1976
Mrs. Sandman
tvFawlty Towers
1975
Sybil Fawlty
The Apple Cart
1975
Queen Jemima
tvPlayhouse
1974
Florence Farr
tvSeven of One
1973
Marion Joyce
The Ring of Truth
1973
Babs Pickard
tvCountry Matters
1972
Babs Pickard
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Queen Jemima
movieWaltz of the Toreadors
1962
Estella Fitzjohn
Faces of Jim
1961
Laura Morrell
tvMarriage Lines
1961
Kate Starling
movieRoom at the Top
1958
Council Office Worker (uncredited)
movieThe Crowded Day
1954
Customer
movieHobson's Choice
1954
Vicky Hobson
Laxdale Hall
1953
Morag McLeod
tvPride and Prejudice
1952
Lydia Bennet