Prunella Scales
ActorPrunella 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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FILMOGRAPHY
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The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers
2025
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
Self
Sub Rosa
2014
Madame
The Phone Call
2013
Joan
Run For Your Wife
2012
Woman in Pub
Horrid Henry: The Movie
2011
Great Aunt Greta
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009
Self / Sybil Fawlty
The Shell Seekers
2007
Dolly Keeling
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007
Self
- Think
Think
2007
Customer
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing
2006
Lady Moping
Fawlty Towers Revisited
2005
Herself
- The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
Sybil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)
- A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg
A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg
2002
Grace
- Station Jim
Station Jim
2001
Queen Victoria
The Ghost of Greville Lodge
2000
Sarah
An Ideal Husband
1999
Lady Markby
Mad Cows
1999
Dr. Minny Stinkler
Stiff Upper Lips
1998
Aunt Agnes
An Audience with Alf Garnett
1997
Emma
1996
Miss Bates
Breaking the Code
1996
Sara Turing
- Lord of Misrule
Lord of Misrule
1996
Shirley
An Awfully Big Adventure
1995
Rose
Wolf
1994
Maude Waggins
Second Best
1994
Margery
Fair Game
1994
Marjorie
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
1994
Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (voice)
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992
Queen (voice)
Howards End
1992
Aunt Juley
My Friend Walter
1992
Aunt Ellie
A Question of Attribution
1991
H.M.Q.
Dirty Beasts
1990
Narrator
Revolting Rhymes
1990
Narrator
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990
Fleecy Flock
A Chorus of Disapproval
1989
Hannah Ap Llewellyn
Beyond The Pale
1989
Milly
Bosses From Hell
1989
Communicators From Hell
1989
Consuming Passions
1988
Ethel
Natural Causes
1988
Celia Bryce
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987
Moira O'Neill
What the Butler Saw
1987
Mrs Prentice
When We Are Married
1987
Annie Parker
Home Cooking
1986
Judith
Absurd Person Singular
1985
Marion Brewster-Wright
Slimming Down
1984
Mrs. Shrigley
The Wicked Lady
1983
Lady Kingsclere
- Singles
Singles
1983
Gail
Outside Edge
1982
Miriam
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
Mistress Page
Doris and Doreen
1978
Doris Rutter
The Boys from Brazil
1978
Mrs. Harrington
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1978
Glynis
The Achurch Letters
1977
Florence Farr
The Littlest Horse Thieves
1976
Mrs. Sandman
- The Apple Cart
The Apple Cart
1975
Queen Jemima
- The Ring of Truth
The Ring of Truth
1973
Babs Pickard
Waltz of the Toreadors
1962
Estella Fitzjohn
Room at the Top
1958
Council Office Worker (uncredited)
Hobson's Choice
1954
Vicky Hobson
What Every Woman Wants
1954
Mary
The Crowded Day
1954
Customer
- Laxdale Hall
Laxdale Hall
1953
Morag McLeod
