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Prunella Scales

Acting

June 22, 1932

Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK

64 movies

5.0 avg

2

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.

Best Performances

Highest rated appearances

Hobson's Choice

Hobson's Choice

as Vicky Hobson

The Phone Call

The Phone Call

as Joan

Howards End

Howards End

as Aunt Juley

Filmography

2020s

1 film

The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers

The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers

2010s

5 films

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

as Self

Sub Rosa

Sub Rosa

as Madame

The Phone Call

Prunella Scales | PopcornPlay

Room at the Top

Room at the Top

as Council Office Worker (uncredited)

The Boys from Brazil

The Boys from Brazil

as Mrs. Harrington

The Phone Call

as Joan

2013

7.3

Run For Your Wife

Run For Your Wife

as Woman in Pub

Horrid Henry: The Movie

Horrid Henry: The Movie

as Great Aunt Greta

2000s

10 films

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

as Self / Sybil Fawlty

The Shell Seekers

The Shell Seekers

as Dolly Keeling

Think

as Customer

What the Pythons Did Next...

What the Pythons Did Next...

as Self

Mr. Loveday's Little Outing

Mr. Loveday's Little Outing

as Lady Moping

Fawlty Towers Revisited

Fawlty Towers Revisited

as Herself

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

as Sybil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

as Grace

Station Jim

Station Jim

as Queen Victoria

The Ghost of Greville Lodge

The Ghost of Greville Lodge

as Sarah

1990s

19 films

Mad Cows

Mad Cows

as Dr. Minny Stinkler

An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband

as Lady Markby

Stiff Upper Lips

Stiff Upper Lips

as Aunt Agnes

An Audience with Alf Garnett

An Audience with Alf Garnett

Emma

Emma

as Miss Bates

Breaking the Code

Breaking the Code

as Sara Turing

Lord of Misrule

as Shirley

An Awfully Big Adventure

An Awfully Big Adventure

as Rose

Second Best

Second Best

as Margery

Wolf

Wolf

as Maude Waggins

Fair Game

Fair Game

as Marjorie

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

as Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (voice)

Freddie As F.R.O.7.

Freddie As F.R.O.7.

as Queen (voice)

My Friend Walter

My Friend Walter

as Aunt Ellie

Howards End

Howards End

as Aunt Juley

A Question of Attribution

A Question of Attribution

as H.M.Q.

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

as Fleecy Flock

Dirty Beasts

Dirty Beasts

as Narrator

Revolting Rhymes

Revolting Rhymes

as Narrator

1980s

16 films

Beyond The Pale

Beyond The Pale

as Milly

A Chorus of Disapproval

A Chorus of Disapproval

as Hannah Ap Llewellyn

Bosses From Hell

Bosses From Hell

Communicators From Hell

Communicators From Hell

Natural Causes

Natural Causes

as Celia Bryce

Consuming Passions

Consuming Passions

as Ethel

When We Are Married

When We Are Married

as Annie Parker

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

as Moira O'Neill

What the Butler Saw

What the Butler Saw

as Mrs Prentice

Home Cooking

Home Cooking

as Judith

Absurd Person Singular

Absurd Person Singular

as Marion Brewster-Wright

Slimming Down

Slimming Down

as Mrs. Shrigley

The Wicked Lady

The Wicked Lady

as Lady Kingsclere

Singles

as Gail

The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Merry Wives of Windsor

as Mistress Page

Outside Edge

Outside Edge

as Miriam

1970s

7 films

Doris and Doreen

Doris and Doreen

as Doris Rutter

The Boys from Brazil

The Boys from Brazil

as Mrs. Harrington

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

as Glynis

The Achurch Letters

The Achurch Letters

as Florence Farr

The Littlest Horse Thieves

The Littlest Horse Thieves

as Mrs. Sandman

The Apple Cart

as Queen Jemima

The Ring of Truth

as Babs Pickard

1960s

1 film

Waltz of the Toreadors

Waltz of the Toreadors

as Estella Fitzjohn

1950s

5 films

Room at the Top

Room at the Top

as Council Office Worker (uncredited)

The Crowded Day

The Crowded Day

as Customer

What Every Woman Wants

What Every Woman Wants

as Mary

Hobson's Choice

Hobson's Choice

as Vicky Hobson

Laxdale Hall

as Morag McLeod