Prunella Scales
Acting
🎂 1932-06-22
Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales CBE (née Illingworth) is 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.
Cast credits(91)
Eleanor Bunsall
1997
Anne Parker
1996
Mrs Mackenzie
2004
Jocelyn Anderson
1986
Gloria Gibbins
1981
Queen Jemima
1965
Self
1978
Florence Farr
1974
1996
Self
1999
Marie
1965
Sybil Fawlty
1975
Miss Bates
1996
1989
Maude Waggins
1994
Mrs. Harrington
1978
Diana Blake
1977
Aunt Juley
1992
Rose
1995
Great Aunt Greta
2011
1997
Queen (voice)
1992
Fleecy Flock
1990
Celia Bryce
1988
Susan Peel
1981
Sara Turing
1996
1988
Lady Markby
1999
Mrs. Duffel
1996
Morag McLeod
1953
Self / Sybil Fawlty
2009
Marjorie
1994
Madame
2014
Mrs. Prentice
1985
Marion Brewster-Wright
1985
Shirley
1996
Queen Victoria
2001
Council Office Worker (uncredited)
1958
Mistress Page
1982
Grace
2002
Dr. Minny Stinkler
1999
Hannah Ap Llewellyn
1989
Narrator
1990
Self
2014
1988
Mrs Prentice
1987
Narrator
1990
Vicky Hobson
1954
Moira O'Neill
1987
Lady Kingsclere
1983
Ethel
1988
Marjorie
1997
Margery
1994
Woman in Pub
2012
1985
Customer
1954
Miriam
1982
Self
2014
Self
2007
Storyteller
1995
Annie Parker
1987
Judith
1986
Dolly Keeling
2007
1989
Estella Fitzjohn
1962
H.M.Q.
1991
1973
Glynis
1978
Elizabeth Palmore
1995
Mother
1995
Lydia Bennet
1952
1961
Marjorie Richardson
1994
2002
1976
Aunt Agnes
1998
Mrs. Sandman
1976
Red Admiral
2003
Judith
1986
2000
Milly
1989
Aunt Ellie
1992
Joan
2013
2025
Mary
1954
Florence Farr
1977
Herself
2005
Doris Rutter
1978
Mrs. Shrigley
1984
Lady Moping
2006
Queen Jemima
1975