Prunella Scales
Born June 22, 1932 (Age: 93)
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Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
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.
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.
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Filmography
Horrid Henry: The Movie
2011
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as Great Aunt Greta
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Age: 79
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009
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as Self / Sybil Fawlty
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Age: 76
No Image
Think
2007
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as Customer
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Age: 75
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007
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as Self
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Age: 74
Fawlty Towers Revisited
2005
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as Herself
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Age: 73
No Image
A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg
2002
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as Grace
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Age: 69
The Ghost of Greville Lodge
2000
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as Sarah
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Age: 68
Stiff Upper Lips
1998
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as Aunt Agnes
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Age: 65
An Audience with Alf Garnett
1997
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as
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Age: 64
Emma
1996
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as Miss Bates
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Age: 64
Breaking the Code
1996
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as Sara Turing
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Age: 64
No Image
Lord of Misrule
1996
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as Shirley
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Age: 63
An Awfully Big Adventure
1995
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as Rose
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Age: 62
Second Best
1994
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as Margery
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Age: 62
Wolf
1994
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as Maude Waggins
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Age: 61
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
1994
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as Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (voice)
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Age: 61
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992
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as Queen (voice)
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Age: 60
My Friend Walter
1992
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as Aunt Ellie
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Age: 59
Howards End
1992
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as Aunt Juley
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Age: 59
A Question of Attribution
1991
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as H.M.Q.
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Age: 59
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990
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as Fleecy Flock
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Age: 58
Dirty Beasts
1990
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as Narrator
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Age: 57
Revolting Rhymes
1990
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as Narrator
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Age: 57
Beyond The Pale
1989
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as Milly
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Age: 57
A Chorus of Disapproval
1989
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as Hannah Ap Llewellyn
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Age: 57
Bosses From Hell
1989
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as
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Age: 56
Communicators From Hell
1989
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as
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Age: 56
Natural Causes
1988
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as Celia Bryce
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Age: 56
Consuming Passions
1988
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as Ethel
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Age: 55
When We Are Married
1987
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as Annie Parker
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Age: 55
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987
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as Moira O'Neill
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Age: 55
What the Butler Saw
1987
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as Mrs Prentice
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Age: 54
Absurd Person Singular
1985
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as Marion Brewster-Wright
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Age: 52
Slimming Down
1984
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as Mrs. Shrigley
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Age: 52
The Wicked Lady
1983
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as Lady Kingsclere
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Age: 50
No Image
Singles
1983
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as Gail
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Age: 50
Doris and Doreen
1978
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as Doris Rutter
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Age: 46
The Boys from Brazil
1978
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as Mrs. Harrington
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Age: 46
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1978
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as Glynis
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Age: 46
The Achurch Letters
1977
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as Florence Farr
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Age: 44
No Image
The Ring of Truth
1973
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as Babs Pickard
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Age: 40
Waltz of the Toreadors
1962
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as Estella Fitzjohn
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Age: 29
Room at the Top
1958
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as Council Office Worker (uncredited)
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Age: 26
The Crowded Day
1954
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as Customer
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Age: 22
What Every Woman Wants
1954
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as Mary
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Age: 21
Hobson's Choice
1954
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as Vicky Hobson
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Age: 21
No Image
Laxdale Hall
1953
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as Morag McLeod
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Age: 20