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Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

ActingBorn: June 22, 1932in Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UKDied: October 27, 2025

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.

The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers

The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers

as Unknown

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

2014Documentary

as Self

Great Canal Journeys

Great Canal Journeys

2014Documentary

as Self

Sub Rosa

Sub Rosa

as Madame

The Phone Call

The Phone Call

as Joan

Run For Your Wife

Run For Your Wife

as Woman in Pub

Horrid Henry: The Movie

Horrid Henry: The Movie

as Great Aunt Greta

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

2009Documentary

as Self / Sybil Fawlty

The Shell Seekers

The Shell Seekers

as Dolly Keeling

Think

as Customer

What the Pythons Did Next...

What the Pythons Did Next...

as Self

Mr. Loveday's Little Outing

Mr. Loveday's Little Outing

as Lady Moping

Fawlty Towers Revisited

Fawlty Towers Revisited

2005Documentary

as Herself

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

as Sybil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)

Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Mrs Mackenzie

Looking for Victoria

as Self / Victoria

The Royal

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The Royal

as Red Admiral

Dickens

Dickens

2002Documentary

as Elizabeth Dickens

A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg

as Grace

Station Jim

as Queen Victoria

The Ghost of Greville Lodge

The Ghost of Greville Lodge

as Sarah

Mad Cows

Mad Cows

as Dr. Minny Stinkler

Loose Women

Loose Women

as Self

An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband

as Lady Markby

Stiff Upper Lips

Stiff Upper Lips

as Aunt Agnes

Keeping Mum

Keeping Mum

as Marjorie

An Audience with Alf Garnett

An Audience with Alf Garnett

as Unknown

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

as Eleanor Bunsall

Emma

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Emma

as Miss Bates

Breaking the Code

Breaking the Code

as Sara Turing

Lord of Misrule

as Shirley

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

as Mrs. Duffel

Dalziel and Pascoe

Dalziel and Pascoe

as Edith Disney

Silent Witness

Silent Witness

as Anne Parker

The World of Lee Evans

The World of Lee Evans

as Mother

Look at the State We're In!

as Storyteller

An Awfully Big Adventure

An Awfully Big Adventure

as Rose

Signs and Wonders

Signs and Wonders

as Elizabeth Palmore

Second Best

Second Best

as Margery

Wolf

Wolf

as Maude Waggins

Fair Game

Fair Game

as Marjorie

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher

as Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (voice)

The Rector's Wife

The Rector's Wife

as Marjorie Richardson

Freddie As F.R.O.7.

Freddie As F.R.O.7.

as Queen (voice)

My Friend Walter

My Friend Walter

as Aunt Ellie

Howards End

Howards End

as Aunt Juley

A Question of Attribution

A Question of Attribution

as H.M.Q.

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

as Fleecy Flock

Dirty Beasts

Dirty Beasts

as Narrator

Revolting Rhymes

Revolting Rhymes

as Narrator

Screen One

Screen One

as H.M.Q.

Beyond The Pale

Beyond The Pale

as Milly

A Chorus of Disapproval

A Chorus of Disapproval

as Hannah Ap Llewellyn

Bosses From Hell

Bosses From Hell

as Unknown

Communicators From Hell

Communicators From Hell

as Unknown

Thompson

as Unknown

Natural Causes

Natural Causes

as Celia Bryce

Consuming Passions

Consuming Passions

as Ethel

After Henry

After Henry

as Sarah France

When We Are Married

When We Are Married

as Annie Parker

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

as Moira O'Neill

What the Butler Saw

What the Butler Saw

as Mrs Prentice

Home Cooking

Home Cooking

as Judith

Unnatural Causes

Unnatural Causes

as Judith

Casualty

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Casualty

as Jocelyn Anderson

ScreenPlay

ScreenPlay

as Milly

Theatre Night

Theatre Night

as Mrs. Prentice

Mapp & Lucia

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Mapp & Lucia

as Miss Elizabeth Mapp

Absurd Person Singular

Absurd Person Singular

as Marion Brewster-Wright

Weekend Playhouse

as Olive Dodd

Slimming Down

Slimming Down

as Mrs. Shrigley

The Wicked Lady

The Wicked Lady

as Lady Kingsclere

Singles

as Gail

The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Merry Wives of Windsor

as Mistress Page

Outside Edge

Outside Edge

as Miriam

Bergerac

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Bergerac

as Gloria Gibbins

Never the Twain

Never the Twain

as Susan Peel

Doris and Doreen

Doris and Doreen

as Doris Rutter

The BBC Television Shakespeare

The BBC Television Shakespeare

as Mistress Page

The Boys from Brazil

The Boys from Brazil

as Mrs. Harrington

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

as Glynis

An Audience with...

An Audience with...

as Self

Target

Target

as Diana Blake

The Achurch Letters

The Achurch Letters

as Florence Farr

Lucky Feller

Lucky Feller

as Unknown

The Littlest Horse Thieves

The Littlest Horse Thieves

as Mrs. Sandman

Fawlty Towers

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Fawlty Towers

as Sybil Fawlty

The Apple Cart

as Queen Jemima

Playhouse

Playhouse

as Florence Farr

Seven of One

Seven of One

as Marion Joyce

The Ring of Truth

as Babs Pickard

Country Matters

Country Matters

as Babs Pickard

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

as Queen Jemima

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Marie

Waltz of the Toreadors

Waltz of the Toreadors

as Estella Fitzjohn

Faces of Jim

as Laura Morrell

Marriage Lines

Marriage Lines

as Kate Starling

Room at the Top

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Room at the Top

as Council Office Worker (uncredited)

The Crowded Day

The Crowded Day

as Customer

What Every Woman Wants

What Every Woman Wants

as Mary

Hobson's Choice

Hobson's Choice

as Vicky Hobson

Laxdale Hall

as Morag McLeod

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

as Lydia Bennet