Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales Acting

22 Jun, 1932 in Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK – 27 Oct, 2025 (93)

Prunella Scales Acting

22 Jun, 1932 in Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK – 27 Oct, 2025 (93)

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... see more

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... see more

The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers

31/05/2025

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

Acting (Self)

24/05/2014

Sub Rosa

Acting (Madame)

01/01/2014

The Phone Call

Acting (Joan)

20/10/2013

Run For Your Wife

Acting (Woman in Pub)

16/05/2012

Horrid Henry: The Movie

Acting (Great Aunt Greta)

29/07/2011

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

Acting (Self / Sybil Fawlty)

10/05/2009

The Shell Seekers

Acting (Dolly Keeling)

18/10/2007

Think

Acting (Customer)

07/07/2007

What the Pythons Did Next...

Acting (Self)

01/01/2007

Mr. Loveday's Little Outing

Acting (Lady Moping)

07/05/2006

Fawlty Towers Revisited

Acting (Herself)

01/12/2005

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

Acting (Sybil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited))

03/03/2005

A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg

Acting (Grace)

13/03/2002

Station Jim

Acting (Queen Victoria)

30/12/2001

The Ghost of Greville Lodge

Acting (Sarah)

06/10/2000

Mad Cows

Acting (Dr. Minny Stinkler)

29/10/1999

An Ideal Husband

Acting (Lady Markby)

18/05/1999

Stiff Upper Lips

Acting (Aunt Agnes)

12/06/1998

An Audience with Alf Garnett

05/04/1997

Emma

Acting (Miss Bates)

02/10/1996

Breaking the Code

Acting (Sara Turing)

17/09/1996

Lord of Misrule

Acting (Shirley)

06/05/1996

An Awfully Big Adventure

Acting (Rose)

11/05/1995

Second Best

Acting (Margery)

30/09/1994

Wolf

Acting (Maude Waggins)

17/06/1994

Fair Game

Acting (Marjorie)

11/06/1994

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

Acting (Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (voice))

01/04/1994

Freddie As F.R.O.7.

Acting (Queen (voice))

14/08/1992

My Friend Walter

Acting (Aunt Ellie)

24/04/1992

Howards End

Acting (Aunt Juley)

13/03/1992

A Question of Attribution

Acting (H.M.Q.)

20/10/1991

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

Acting (Fleecy Flock)

26/12/1990

Dirty Beasts

Acting (Narrator)

02/01/1990

Revolting Rhymes

Acting (Narrator)

02/01/1990

Beyond The Pale

Acting (Milly)

30/08/1989

A Chorus of Disapproval

Acting (Hannah Ap Llewellyn)

18/08/1989

Bosses From Hell

01/01/1989

Communicators From Hell

01/01/1989

Natural Causes

Acting (Celia Bryce)

11/09/1988

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