Prunella Scales
ActingJune 22, 1932 (93 years old at death)Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
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.
Movies
8.0
Movie
Consuming Passions
1988
8.0
Movie
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
8.0
Movie
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009
8.0
Movie
Natural Causes
1988
8.0
Movie
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
8.0
Movie
Absurd Person Singular
1985
7.4
Movie
Hobson's Choice
1954
7.3
Movie
The Phone Call
2013
7.0
Movie
Howards End
1992
6.9
Movie
The Shell Seekers
2007
6.9
Movie
Room at the Top
1958
6.8
Movie
The Littlest Horse Thieves
1976
