Prunella Scales
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.
Filmography
The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers
The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
as Self
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
as Self
Sub Rosa
as Madame
Sub Rosa
as Madame
The Phone Call
as Joan
The Phone Call
as Joan
Run For Your Wife
as Woman in Pub
Run For Your Wife
as Woman in Pub
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
as Self / Sybil Fawlty
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
as Self / Sybil Fawlty
The Shell Seekers
as Dolly Keeling
The Shell Seekers
as Dolly Keeling
Think
as Customer
Think
as Customer
What the Pythons Did Next...
as Self
What the Pythons Did Next...
as Self
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Sybil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Sybil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
as Grace
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
as Grace
Station Jim
as Queen Victoria
Station Jim
as Queen Victoria
The Ghost of Greville Lodge
as Sarah
The Ghost of Greville Lodge
as Sarah
An Ideal Husband
as Lady Markby
An Ideal Husband
as Lady Markby
Stiff Upper Lips
as Aunt Agnes
Stiff Upper Lips
as Aunt Agnes
An Audience with Alf Garnett
An Audience with Alf Garnett
Emma
as Miss Bates
Emma
as Miss Bates
Lord of Misrule
as Shirley
Lord of Misrule
as Shirley
An Awfully Big Adventure
as Rose
An Awfully Big Adventure
as Rose
Wolf
as Maude Waggins
Wolf
as Maude Waggins
Fair Game
as Marjorie
Fair Game
as Marjorie
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
as Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (voice)
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
as Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (voice)
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
as Queen (voice)
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
as Queen (voice)
A Question of Attribution
as H.M.Q.
A Question of Attribution
as H.M.Q.
Dirty Beasts
as Narrator
Dirty Beasts
as Narrator
A Chorus of Disapproval
as Hannah Ap Llewellyn
A Chorus of Disapproval
as Hannah Ap Llewellyn
Bosses From Hell
Bosses From Hell
Communicators From Hell
Communicators From Hell
Natural Causes
as Celia Bryce
Natural Causes
as Celia Bryce
Consuming Passions
as Ethel
Consuming Passions
as Ethel
What the Butler Saw
as Mrs Prentice
What the Butler Saw
as Mrs Prentice
Home Cooking
as Judith
Home Cooking
as Judith
The Boys from Brazil
as Mrs. Harrington
The Boys from Brazil
as Mrs. Harrington
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Glynis
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Glynis
The Achurch Letters
as Florence Farr
The Achurch Letters
as Florence Farr
Room at the Top
as Council Office Worker (uncredited)
Room at the Top
as Council Office Worker (uncredited)
The Crowded Day
as Customer
The Crowded Day
as Customer
Hobson's Choice
as Vicky Hobson
Hobson's Choice
as Vicky Hobson
Laxdale Hall
as Morag McLeod
Laxdale Hall
as Morag McLeod