Prunella Scales
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Jun 22, 1932 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
| 2025 | The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers | |
| 2014 | 50 Years of BBC Two ComedySelf | |
| 2014 | Sub RosaMadame | |
| 2014 | Great Canal JourneysSelf | |
| 2013 | The Phone CallJoan | |
| 2012 | Run For Your WifeWoman in Pub | |
| 2011 | Horrid Henry: The MovieGreat Aunt Greta | |
| 2009 | Fawlty Towers: Re-OpenedSelf / Sybil Fawlty | |
| 2007 | The Shell SeekersDolly Keeling | |
| 2007 | What the Pythons Did Next...Self | |
| 2007 | ThinkCustomer | |
| 2006 | Mr. Loveday's Little OutingLady Moping | |
| 2005 | Fawlty Towers RevisitedHerself | |
| 2005 | The Funny Blokes of British ComedySybil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's MarpleMrs Mackenzie | |
| 2003 | The RoyalRed Admiral | |
| 2002 | A Day In The Death Of Joe EggGrace | |
| 2002 | DickensElizabeth Dickens | |
| 2001 | Station JimQueen Victoria | |
| 2000 | The Ghost of Greville LodgeSarah | |
| 1999 | An Ideal HusbandLady Markby | |
| 1999 | Mad CowsDr. Minny Stinkler | |
| 1999 | Loose WomenSelf | |
| 1998 | Stiff Upper LipsAunt Agnes | |
| 1997 | An Audience with Alf Garnett | |
| 1997 | Midsomer MurdersEleanor Bunsall | |
| 1997 | Keeping MumMarjorie | |
| 1996 | EmmaMiss Bates | |
| 1996 | Breaking the CodeSara Turing | |
| 1996 | Lord of MisruleShirley | |
| 1996 | Dalziel & Pascoe | |
| 1996 | Dennis the Menace and GnasherMrs. Duffel | |
| 1996 | Silent WitnessAnne Parker | |
| 1995 | An Awfully Big AdventureRose | |
| 1995 | The World of Lee EvansMother | |
| 1995 | Signs and WondersElizabeth Palmore | |
| 1995 | Look at the State We're In!Storyteller | |
| 1994 | WolfMaude Waggins | |
| 1994 | Second BestMargery | |
| 1994 | Fair GameMarjorie | |
| 1994 | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy FisherMrs. Tiggy-Winkle (voice) | |
| 1994 | The Rector's WifeMarjorie Richardson | |
| 1992 | Freddie As F.R.O.7.Queen (voice) | |
| 1992 | Howards EndAunt Juley | |
| 1992 | My Friend WalterAunt Ellie | |
| 1991 | A Question of AttributionH.M.Q. | |
| 1990 | Dirty BeastsNarrator | |
| 1990 | Revolting RhymesNarrator | |
| 1990 | The Tale of Little Pig RobinsonFleecy Flock | |
| 1989 | A Chorus of DisapprovalHannah Ap Llewellyn | |
| 1989 | Beyond The PaleMilly | |
| 1989 | Bosses From Hell | |
| 1989 | Communicators From Hell | |
| 1988 | Consuming PassionsEthel | |
| 1988 | Natural CausesCelia Bryce | |
| 1988 | Thompson | |
| 1988 | After HenrySarah France | |
| 1987 | The Lonely Passion of Judith HearneMoira O'Neill | |
| 1987 | What the Butler SawMrs Prentice | |
| 1987 | When We Are MarriedAnnie Parker | |
| 1986 | Home CookingJudith | |
| 1986 | Unnatural CausesJudith | |
| 1986 | CasualtyJocelyn Anderson | |
| 1985 | Absurd Person SingularMarion Brewster-Wright | |
| 1985 | Theatre NightMrs. Prentice | |
| 1985 | Mapp & LuciaMiss Elizabeth Mapp | |
| 1984 | Slimming DownMrs. Shrigley | |
| 1983 | The Wicked LadyLady Kingsclere | |
| 1983 | SinglesGail | |
| 1982 | Outside EdgeMiriam | |
| 1982 | The Merry Wives of WindsorMistress Page | |
| 1981 | BergeracGloria Gibbins | |
| 1981 | Never the TwainSusan Peel | |
| 1978 | Doris and DoreenDoris Rutter | |
| 1978 | The Boys from BrazilMrs. Harrington | |
| 1978 | The Hound of the BaskervillesGlynis | |
| 1978 | An Audience with...Self | |
| 1977 | The Achurch LettersFlorence Farr | |
| 1977 | TargetDiana Blake | |
| 1976 | The Littlest Horse ThievesMrs. Sandman | |
| 1976 | Lucky Feller | |
| 1975 | The Apple CartQueen Jemima | |
| 1975 | Fawlty TowersSybil Fawlty | |
| 1974 | PlayhouseFlorence Farr | |
| 1973 | The Ring of TruthBabs Pickard | |
| 1973 | Seven of OneMarion Joyce | |
| 1972 | Country MattersBabs Pickard | |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute TheatreMarie | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the MonthQueen Jemima | |
| 1962 | Waltz of the ToreadorsEstella Fitzjohn | |
| 1961 | Marriage Lines | |
| 1961 | Faces of JimLaura Morrell | |
| 1958 | Room at the TopCouncil Office Worker (uncredited) | |
| 1954 | Hobson's ChoiceVicky Hobson | |
| 1954 | What Every Woman WantsMary | |
| 1954 | The Crowded DayCustomer | |
| 1953 | Laxdale HallMorag McLeod | |
| 1952 | Pride and PrejudiceLydia Bennet |