Acting

Prunella Scales

Born 1932-06-22 · Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UKDied 2025-10-2735 series92 films

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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Acting

2014Great Canal JourneysSelf34 ep.
2003Looking for VictoriaSelf / Victoria2 ep.
2003The RoyalRed Admiral1 ep.
2002DickensElizabeth Dickens1 ep.
1999Loose WomenSelf1 ep.
1997Keeping MumMarjorie1 ep.
1996Dennis the Menace and GnasherMrs. Duffel1 ep.
1995SearchingMrs. Tilston7 ep.
1995The World of Lee EvansMother1 ep.
1995Look at the State We're In!Storyteller1 ep.
1995Signs and WondersElizabeth Palmore4 ep.
1994The Rector's WifeMarjorie Richardson4 ep.
1989Screen OneH.M.Q.1 ep.
1988Thompson1 ep.
1988After HenrySarah France38 ep.
1986Unnatural CausesJudith1 ep.
1986ScreenPlayMilly1 ep.
1985Theatre NightMrs. Prentice1 ep.
1985Mapp & LuciaMiss Elizabeth Mapp10 ep.
1984Weekend PlayhouseOlive Dodd1 ep.
1982S.W.A.L.K.Patti6 ep.
1981BergeracGloria Gibbins1 ep.
1981Never the TwainSusan Peel1 ep.
1978The BBC Television ShakespeareMistress Page1 ep.
1978Pickersgill PeopleMavis Blackhead1 ep.
1978An Audience with...Self2 ep.
1977TargetDiana Blake1 ep.
1977Mr BigDolly13 ep.
1975Fawlty TowersSybil Fawlty12 ep.
1973Seven of OneMarion Joyce1 ep.
1972Country MattersBabs Pickard1 ep.
1965Thirty-Minute TheatreMarie1 ep.
1961Faces of JimLaura Morrell1 ep.
1961Marriage LinesKate Starling43 ep.
1952Pride and PrejudiceLydia Bennet4 ep.

Guest appearances

2011The RoyalRed Admiral1 ep.
2009Agatha Christie's MarpleMrs Mackenzie1 ep.
1997An Audience with...Self2 ep.
2004CasualtyJocelyn Anderson1 ep.
2002DickensElizabeth Dickens1 ep.
2001Silent WitnessAnne Parker2 ep.
2000Midsomer MurdersEleanor Bunsall1 ep.
2000Loose WomenSelf1 ep.
1998Keeping MumMarjorie1 ep.
1998Dennis the Menace and GnasherMrs. Duffel1 ep.
1996Dalziel and PascoeEdith Disney1 ep.
1995Look at the State We're In!Storyteller1 ep.
1995The World of Lee EvansMother1 ep.
1991Screen OneH.M.Q.1 ep.
1989Film '72Self1 ep.
1989ScreenPlayMilly1 ep.
1988Thompson1 ep.
1987Theatre NightMrs. Prentice1 ep.
1986Unnatural CausesJudith1 ep.
1984Weekend PlayhouseOlive Dodd1 ep.
1982The BBC Television ShakespeareMistress Page1 ep.
1982Never the TwainSusan Peel1 ep.
1981BergeracGloria Gibbins1 ep.
1978TargetDiana Blake1 ep.
1978Pickersgill PeopleMavis Blackhead1 ep.
1977PlayhouseFlorence Farr1 ep.
1975BBC Play of the MonthQueen Jemima1 ep.
1973Seven of OneMarion Joyce1 ep.
1973Country MattersBabs Pickard1 ep.
1971Thirty-Minute TheatreMarie1 ep.
1961Faces of JimLaura Morrell1 ep.
1952Pride and PrejudiceLydia Bennet4 ep.

Also known as: Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales · Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth · پرونلا اسکیلز