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Prunella Scales

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: Acting
Born: 22 Jun 1932
Died: 27 Oct 2025
Place of birth: Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK

Known for

Wolf1994
Fawlty Towers1975

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Howards End1992

The Boys from Brazil1978

Midsomer Murders1997

Actor

The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers2025
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy2014
Great Canal Journeys2014
Sub Rosa2014
The Phone Call2013
Run For Your Wife2012
Horrid Henry: The Movie2011
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened2009
The Shell Seekers2007
Think2007
What the Pythons Did Next...2007
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing2006
Fawlty Towers Revisited2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy2005
Agatha Christie's Marple2004
Agatha Christie's Marple
Season 4
S4E1A Pocket Full of Rye
Looking for Victoria2003
The Royal2003
The Royal
Season 8
S8E9Dead Air
Dickens2002
A Day in the Death of Joe EggA Day In The Death Of Joe Egg2002
Station Jim2001
The Ghost of Greville Lodge2000
Mad Cows1999
Loose Women1999
Loose Women
Season 2
S2E4Episode 4
An Ideal Husband1999
Stiff Upper Lips1998
Keeping Mum1997
Keeping Mum
Season 2
S2E4The Aunt
An Audience with Alf Garnett1997
Midsomer Murders1997
Midsomer Murders
Season 3
S3E4Beyond the Grave
Emma1996
Breaking the Code1996
Lord of Misrule1996
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher1996
Dalziel and Pascoe1996
Dalziel and Pascoe
Season 1
S1E2An Advancement of Learning
Silent Witness1996
Silent Witness
Season 5
S5E5Faith (1)
S5E6Faith (2)
Searching1995
The World of Lee Evans1995
The World of Lee Evans
Season 1
S1E1The Late Shift/Meet the Folks
Look at the State We're In!1995
Look at the State We're In!
Season 1
S1E5Nanny Knows Best
An Awfully Big Adventure1995
Signs and Wonders1995
Second Best1994
Wolf1994
Fair Game1994
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher1994
The Rector's Wife1994
Freddie As F.R.O.7.1992
My Friend Walter1992
Howards End1992
A Question of Attribution1991
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson1990
Dirty Beasts1990
Revolting Rhymes1990
Screen One1989
Screen One
Season 3
S3E8A Question of Attribution
Beyond The Pale1989
A Chorus of Disapproval1989
Bosses From Hell1989
Communicators From Hell1989
Thompson1988
Thompson
Season 1
S1E5Joan Sanderson, Prunella Scales, Joanna David, Fabia Drake, Joyce Grant, Charles Kay, Mark Kingston
Natural Causes1988
Consuming Passions1988
After Henry1988
After Henry
Season 1
S1E5Romantic Complications
Season 2
S2E1Intellectual Aspirations
S2E5Wedding Bells
When We Are Married1987
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne1987
What the Butler Saw1987
Home Cooking1986
Unnatural Causes1986
Unnatural Causes
Season 1
S1E1Home Cooking
Casualty1986
Casualty
Season 19
S19E3Out With a Bang
ScreenPlay1986
ScreenPlay
Season 4
S4E9Beyond the Pale
Theatre Night1985
Theatre Night
Season 2
S2E2What the Butler Saw
Mapp & Lucia1985
Mapp & Lucia
Season 1
S1E2Battle Stations
Season 2
S2E1Winner Takes All
S2E2Change and Change About
S2E3Lady Bountiful
S2E5Au Reservoir
Absurd Person Singular1985
Weekend Playhouse1984
Weekend Playhouse
Season 1
S1E4Grand Duo
Slimming Down1984
The Wicked Lady1983
Singles1983
The Merry Wives of Windsor1982
Outside Edge1982
S.W.A.L.K.1982
Bergerac1981
Bergerac
Season 1
S1E3Unlucky Dip
Never the Twain1981
Never the Twain
Season 2
S2E5lf You Knew Susan
Doris and Doreen1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare1978
The Boys from Brazil1978
The Hound of the Baskervilles1978
Pickersgill People1978
Pickersgill People
Season 1
S1E4The Fifteen-Second Sneeze
An Audience with...1978
An Audience with...
Season 2
S2E19Alf Garnett
S2E43Coronation Street
Target1977
Target
Season 2
S2E2A Good and Faithful Woman
The Achurch Letters1977
Mr Big1977
Mr Big
Season 2
S2E1The Prune Case
S2E2Burgle My Neighbour
S2E3The Sheiks
S2E5Easy Money
S2E6The Squatters
S2E7Vote for Rocksburgh
The Littlest Horse Thieves1976
Fawlty Towers1975
Fawlty Towers
Season 1
S1E2The Builders
S1E3The Wedding Party
S1E4The Hotel Inspectors
S1E5Gourmet Night
S1E6The Germans
Season 2
S2E2The Psychiatrist
S2E3Waldorf Salad
S2E6Basil the Rat
The Apple Cart1975
Playhouse1974
Playhouse
Season 5
S5E1The Achurch Letters
Seven of One1973
Seven of One
Season 1
S1E6One Man's Meat
The Ring of Truth1973
Country Matters1972
Film '721971
Film '72
Season 19
S19E7Episode 7
BBC Play of the Month1965
BBC Play of the Month
Season 10
S10E5The Apple Cart
Thirty-Minute Theatre1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Season 7
S7E10Blues in the Morning
Waltz of the Toreadors1962
Faces of Jim1961
Faces of Jim
Season 1
S1E2The Face of Genius
Marriage Lines1961
Room at the Top1958
The Crowded Day1954
What Every Woman Wants1954
Hobson's Choice1954
Laxdale Hall1953
Pride and Prejudice1952
Pride and Prejudice
Season 1
S1E1Episode 1
S1E2Episode 2
S1E4Episode 4
S1E5Episode 5