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Prunella Scales
AKA: Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales · Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth · پرونلا اسکیلز
Acting
Born: 1932
Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
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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.
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| Show / Title | Year | Credit / Role |
|---|---|---|
| Great Canal Journeys | 2014 | Self |
| Agatha Christie's Marple | 2004 | Mrs Mackenzie |
| Loose Women | 1999 | Self |
| Midsomer Murders | 1997 | Eleanor Bunsall |
| Dalziel and Pascoe | 1996 | Edith Disney |
| Screen One | 1989 | H.M.Q. |
| Casualty | 1986 | Jocelyn Anderson |
| ScreenPlay | 1986 | Milly |
| Bergerac | 1981 | Gloria Gibbins |
| The BBC Television Shakespeare | 1978 | Mistress Page |
| An Audience with... | 1978 | Self |
| Fawlty Towers | 1975 | Sybil Fawlty |
| Playhouse | 1974 | Florence Farr |
| BBC Play of the Month | 1965 | Queen Jemima |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | 1965 | Marie |