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Prunella Scales
Actor · 42 credits
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.
Known For
Midsomer Murders
1997
Eleanor Bunsall
Silent Witness
1996
Anne Parker
Fawlty Towers
1975
Sybil Fawlty
Casualty
1986
Jocelyn Anderson
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
Mrs Mackenzie
Wolf
1994
Maude Waggins
All Work
Sub Rosa
2014
Madame
Horrid Henry: The Movie
2011
Great Aunt Greta
The Shell Seekers
2007
Dolly Keeling
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
Mrs Mackenzie
Dickens
2002
Elizabeth Dickens
