Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

1932-06-22

THE BIOGRAPHY

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

ALSO APPEARS IN MOVIES

Wolf

Wolf

The Shell Seekers

The Shell Seekers

Emma

Emma

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

Waltz of the Toreadors

Waltz of the Toreadors

Hobson's Choice

Hobson's Choice

Mr. Loveday's Little Outing

Mr. Loveday's Little Outing

Breaking the Code

Breaking the Code

A Question of Attribution

A Question of Attribution

Stiff Upper Lips

Stiff Upper Lips

Freddie as F.R.O.7.

Freddie as F.R.O.7.

A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg

A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg

A Chorus of Disapproval

A Chorus of Disapproval

Consuming Passions

Consuming Passions

What the Butler Saw

What the Butler Saw

The Phone Call

The Phone Call

Fawlty Towers Revisited

Fawlty Towers Revisited

An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband

Second Best

Second Best

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

Dirty Beasts

Dirty Beasts

Revolting Rhymes

Revolting Rhymes

The Wicked Lady

The Wicked Lady

Run For Your Wife

Run For Your Wife

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

The Littlest Horse Thieves

The Littlest Horse Thieves

An Audience with Alf Garnett

An Audience with Alf Garnett

Room at the Top

Room at the Top

The Ghost of Greville Lodge

The Ghost of Greville Lodge

Beyond The Pale

Beyond The Pale

Doris and Doreen

Doris and Doreen

The Apple Cart

The Apple Cart

What Every Woman Wants

What Every Woman Wants

An Awfully Big Adventure

An Awfully Big Adventure

Station Jim

Station Jim

What the Pythons Did Next...

What the Pythons Did Next...

Lord of Misrule

Lord of Misrule

Natural Causes

Natural Causes

Fair Game

Fair Game

Howards End

Howards End

Outside Edge

Outside Edge

Horrid Henry: The Movie

Horrid Henry: The Movie

The Boys from Brazil

The Boys from Brazil

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Mad Cows

Mad Cows

The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Laxdale Hall

Laxdale Hall

My Friend Walter

My Friend Walter

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

Home Cooking

Home Cooking

Sub Rosa

Sub Rosa

When We Are Married

When We Are Married

Absurd Person Singular

Absurd Person Singular

Slimming Down

Slimming Down

The Achurch Letters

The Achurch Letters

Bosses From Hell

Bosses From Hell

Communicators From Hell

Communicators From Hell

Fawlty Towers: A Very British Comedy

Fawlty Towers: A Very British Comedy

The Crowded Day

The Crowded Day