Prunella Scales
Acting
🎂 1932-06-22
Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales CBE (née Illingworth; born 22 June 1932) 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 she travels on canal barges and narrowboats with her husband, fellow actor Timothy West.
Cast credits(91)
Marie
1965
Eleanor Bunsall
1997
Anne Parker
1996
Queen Jemima
1965
Florence Farr
1974
Jocelyn Anderson
1986
1985
Mrs Mackenzie
2004
Gloria Gibbins
1981
Mistress Page
1978
Susan Peel
1981
Self
1999
Mrs. Duffel
1996
Self
1978
Sybil Fawlty
1975
1996
1977
Judith
1986
1976
Self
2014
1988
Marjorie
1997
1973
Storyteller
1995
Mrs. Prentice
1985
Lydia Bennet
1952
Marjorie Richardson
1994
Mother
1995
Maude Waggins
1994
Miss Bates
1996
Aunt Juley
1992
Red Admiral
2003
Mrs. Harrington
1978
1988
Elizabeth Palmore
1995
Great Aunt Greta
2011
1961
Margery
1994
Lady Kingsclere
1983
Council Office Worker (uncredited)
1958
Vicky Hobson
1954
Rose
1995
Glynis
1978
2002
Woman in Pub
2012
Moira O'Neill
1987
Joan
2013
Aunt Agnes
1998
Madame
2014
Dolly Keeling
2007
Mrs. Sandman
1976
Queen (voice)
1992
Sara Turing
1996
Ethel
1988
Dr. Minny Stinkler
1999
Estella Fitzjohn
1962
Self
2007
Marjorie
1994
Self / Sybil Fawlty
2009
H.M.Q.
1991
Queen Victoria
2001
Mistress Page
1982
Narrator
1990
Self
2014
Mary
1954
Miriam
1982
Hannah Ap Llewellyn
1989
Shirley
1996
Morag McLeod
1953
Doris Rutter
1978
Fleecy Flock
1990
Aunt Ellie
1992
Judith
1986
1989
1989
Milly
1989
Queen Jemima
1975
1997
Marion Brewster-Wright
1985
Lady Markby
1999
Lady Moping
2006
Annie Parker
1987
Narrator
1990
Grace
2002
2025
Florence Farr
1977
2000
Mrs. Shrigley
1984
Herself
2005
Mrs Prentice
1987
Celia Bryce
1988