Prunella Scales
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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
64
Gender
Female
Birthday
1932-06-22
Place of Birth
Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
Also Known As
Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales, Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth, پرونلا اسکیلز
Known For
Wolf 
The Shell Seekers 
Emma 
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne 
Waltz of the Toreadors 
Hobson's Choice 
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing 
Breaking the Code 
A Question of Attribution 
Stiff Upper Lips 
Freddie As F.R.O.7. 
A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg 
A Chorus of Disapproval 
Consuming Passions 
What the Butler Saw 
The Phone Call 
Fawlty Towers Revisited 
An Ideal Husband 
Second Best 
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy 
Dirty Beasts 
Revolting Rhymes 
The Wicked Lady 
Run For Your Wife 
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened 
The Littlest Horse Thieves 
An Audience with Alf Garnett 
Room at the Top 
The Ghost of Greville Lodge 
Beyond The Pale 
Doris and Doreen The Apple Cart 
What Every Woman Wants 
An Awfully Big Adventure Station Jim 
What the Pythons Did Next... Lord of Misrule 
Natural Causes 
Fair Game 
Howards End 
Outside Edge 
Horrid Henry: The Movie 
The Boys from Brazil 
The Hound of the Baskervilles 
Mad Cows 
The Merry Wives of Windsor Laxdale Hall 
My Friend Walter 
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson 
Home Cooking 
Sub Rosa 
When We Are Married 
Absurd Person Singular 
Slimming Down 
The Achurch Letters 
Bosses From Hell 
Communicators From Hell 
The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers 
The Crowded Day Singles 
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher Think The Ring of Truth The Funny Blokes of British Comedy This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.