Prunella Scales
Actor
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.
Born1932-06-22
Place of BirthSutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
Known For
7.5
Midsomer Murders
CrimeDrama
7.6
Silent Witness
CrimeDrama
6.2
Casualty
DramaSoap
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
DramaCrime
6.7
Bergerac
Drama
5.3
BBC Play of the Month
Drama
7.0
Playhouse
Drama
3.4
Loose Women
Talk
4.7
Film '72
6.4
Dalziel and Pascoe
MysteryCrime
5.3
An Audience with...
Talk
6.0
ScreenPlay
Drama
4.3
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Drama
8.3
Fawlty Towers
Comedy
7.2
Screen One
Drama
6.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
DramaComedy
7.0
Target
DramaCrime
7.0
Never the Twain
Comedy
7.0
Howards End
DramaRomance
8.8
Great Canal Journeys
Documentary
6.1
Wolf
HorrorDrama
4.6
Country Matters
Drama
6.3
Unnatural Causes
MysteryCrime
6.6
Emma
ComedyDrama