Prunella Scales Movies, Biography, Credits & Career Highlights

Prunella Scales 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.

Prunella Scales Career Highlights

• Known for Midsomer Murders, Agatha Christie's Marple, BBC Play of the Month, Playhouse, Dalziel & Pascoe, and Thirty-Minute Theatre.
• Credits include actors.
• Recent listed credits include The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers, 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy, Sub Rosa, and The Phone Call.

Prunella Scales Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

female

Known Credits

92

Birth Date

1932-06-22 00:00:00

Birth Place

Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK

Prunella Scales Known For

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  Midsomer Murders
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  Agatha Christie's Marple
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  BBC Play of the Month
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  Playhouse
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  Dalziel & Pascoe
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  Thirty-Minute Theatre

Prunella Scales Movies and Credits

• actors (8 credits)

  • The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Sub Rosa

    Madame

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • The Phone Call

    Joan

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Run For Your Wife

    Woman in Pub

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Horrid Henry: The Movie

    Great Aunt Greta

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

    Self / Sybil Fawlty

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • The Shell Seekers

    Dolly Keeling

    actor

    actors
    2007

Prunella Scales Profiles and Sources

• IMDb
• TMDB