Prunella Scales
Actor
Biography
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
Howards End
as Aunt Juley 1992
The Boys from Brazil
as Mrs. Harrington 1978
Hobson's Choice
as Vicky Hobson 1954
Room at the Top
as Council Office Worker (uncredited) 1958
Emma
as Miss Bates 1996
Horrid Henry: The Movie
as Great Aunt Greta 2011
The Phone Call
as Joan 2013
An Awfully Big Adventure
as Rose 1995
Second Best
as Margery 1994
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
as Queen (voice) 1992
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
as Moira O'Neill 1987
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Glynis 1978
A Chorus of Disapproval
as Hannah Ap Llewellyn 1989
The Wicked Lady
as Lady Kingsclere 1983
Breaking the Code
as Sara Turing 1996
The Littlest Horse Thieves
as Mrs. Sandman 1976