Prunella Scales

ACTOR

Prunella Scales

Born: 1932-06-22

From: Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK

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.

Movies & TV Shows

Wolf

Wolf

⭐ 6.1

The Shell Seekers

The Shell Seekers

⭐ 6.9

Emma

Emma

⭐ 6.6

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

⭐ 6.6

Waltz of the Toreadors

Waltz of the Toreadors

⭐ 5.0

Hobson's Choice

Hobson's Choice

⭐ 7.4

Mr. Loveday's Little Outing

Mr. Loveday's Little Outing

⭐ N/A

Breaking the Code

Breaking the Code

⭐ 5.6

A Question of Attribution

A Question of Attribution

⭐ 6.8

Stiff Upper Lips

Stiff Upper Lips

⭐ 5.6

Freddie As F.R.O.7.

Freddie As F.R.O.7.

⭐ 5.2

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

⭐ N/A

A Chorus of Disapproval

A Chorus of Disapproval

⭐ 5.4

Consuming Passions

Consuming Passions

⭐ 8.3

What the Butler Saw

What the Butler Saw

⭐ 3.0

The Phone Call

The Phone Call

⭐ 7.3

Fawlty Towers Revisited

Fawlty Towers Revisited

⭐ 8.0

An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband

⭐ 6.5

Second Best

Second Best

⭐ 6.7

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

⭐ 8.0

Dirty Beasts

Dirty Beasts

⭐ 8.0

Revolting Rhymes

Revolting Rhymes

⭐ 8.0

The Wicked Lady

The Wicked Lady

⭐ 4.9

Run For Your Wife

Run For Your Wife

⭐ 4.4

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

⭐ 8.4

The Littlest Horse Thieves

The Littlest Horse Thieves

⭐ 6.9

An Audience with Alf Garnett

An Audience with Alf Garnett

⭐ N/A

Room at the Top

Room at the Top

⭐ 6.9

The Ghost of Greville Lodge

The Ghost of Greville Lodge

⭐ 7.0

Beyond The Pale

Beyond The Pale

⭐ 7.0

Doris and Doreen

Doris and Doreen

⭐ 6.5

No Image

The Apple Cart

⭐ N/A

What Every Woman Wants

What Every Woman Wants

⭐ 6.6

An Awfully Big Adventure

An Awfully Big Adventure

⭐ 6.5

Station Jim

Station Jim

⭐ 7.5

What the Pythons Did Next...

What the Pythons Did Next...

⭐ N/A

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Lord of Misrule

⭐ 9.0

Natural Causes

Natural Causes

⭐ 8.0

Fair Game

Fair Game

⭐ 5.0

Howards End

Howards End

⭐ 7.0

Outside Edge

Outside Edge

⭐ 8.0

Horrid Henry: The Movie

Horrid Henry: The Movie

⭐ 5.2

The Boys from Brazil

The Boys from Brazil

⭐ 6.7

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

⭐ 4.4

Mad Cows

Mad Cows

⭐ 4.4

The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Merry Wives of Windsor

⭐ 8.0

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Laxdale Hall

⭐ 7.0

My Friend Walter

My Friend Walter

⭐ 7.0

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

⭐ N/A

Home Cooking

Home Cooking

⭐ N/A

Sub Rosa

Sub Rosa

⭐ 5.0

When We Are Married

When We Are Married

⭐ 7.0

Absurd Person Singular

Absurd Person Singular

⭐ 8.3

Slimming Down

Slimming Down

⭐ N/A

The Achurch Letters

The Achurch Letters

⭐ N/A

Bosses From Hell

Bosses From Hell

⭐ N/A

Communicators From Hell

Communicators From Hell

⭐ N/A

The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers

The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers

⭐ N/A

The Crowded Day

The Crowded Day

⭐ 5.8

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Singles

⭐ 6.0

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher

⭐ N/A

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Think

⭐ N/A

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The Ring of Truth

⭐ N/A

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The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

⭐ 6.5

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Sherwood's Travels

⭐ 6.5

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

⭐ 7.5

Bergerac

Bergerac

⭐ 7.0

Fawlty Towers

Fawlty Towers

⭐ 8.3

Great Canal Journeys

Great Canal Journeys

⭐ 8.8

Keeping Mum

Keeping Mum

⭐ N/A

The Royal

The Royal

⭐ 7.8

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Thompson

⭐ 5.0

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

⭐ 6.3

An Audience with...

An Audience with...

⭐ 5.3

Casualty

Casualty

⭐ 6.2

The World of Lee Evans

The World of Lee Evans

⭐ 7.0

Signs and Wonders

Signs and Wonders

⭐ 7.0

Silent Witness

Silent Witness

⭐ 7.6

Loose Women

Loose Women

⭐ 3.4

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

⭐ 4.2

Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

⭐ 7.9

Theatre Night

Theatre Night

⭐ N/A

Playhouse

Playhouse

⭐ 7.0

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

⭐ 5.2

Target

Target

⭐ 7.0

Dickens

Dickens

⭐ 7.0

After Henry

After Henry

⭐ 6.7

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Look at the State We're In!

⭐ N/A

Seven of One

Seven of One

⭐ 7.3

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Faces of Jim

⭐ N/A

Mapp & Lucia

Mapp & Lucia

⭐ 6.2

Country Matters

Country Matters

⭐ 4.6

Marriage Lines

Marriage Lines

⭐ 7.0

Unnatural Causes

Unnatural Causes

⭐ 6.3

Dalziel and Pascoe

Dalziel and Pascoe

⭐ 6.4

ScreenPlay

ScreenPlay

⭐ 6.0

Screen One

Screen One

⭐ 7.2

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Looking for Victoria

⭐ N/A

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Weekend Playhouse

⭐ N/A

The BBC Television Shakespeare

The BBC Television Shakespeare

⭐ 6.0

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Film '72

⭐ 5.1

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

⭐ 9.0

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S.W.A.L.K.

⭐ 0.5

Pickersgill People

Pickersgill People

⭐ N/A

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Mr Big

⭐ 7.0

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Searching

⭐ N/A

Never the Twain

Never the Twain

⭐ 7.0

The Rector's Wife

The Rector's Wife

⭐ 9.0