Actor
Prunella Scales
Born 1932 · Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
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.
Acting
Fawlty Towers
Sybil Fawlty · 1975
Howards End
Aunt Juley · 1992
Midsomer Murders
Eleanor Bunsall · 1997
Wolf
Maude Waggins · 1994
The Boys from Brazil
Mrs. Harrington · 1978
Agatha Christie's Marple
Mrs Mackenzie · 2004
Hobson's Choice
Vicky Hobson · 1954
Silent Witness
Anne Parker · 1996
Room at the Top
Council Office Worker (uncredited) · 1958
Emma
Miss Bates · 1996
The Phone Call
Joan · 2013
An Awfully Big Adventure
Rose · 1995
Casualty
Jocelyn Anderson · 1986
Second Best
Margery · 1994
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Moira O'Neill · 1987
Horrid Henry: The Movie
Great Aunt Greta · 2011
Great Canal Journeys
Self · 2014
The Royal
Red Admiral · 2003
Dalziel and Pascoe
Edith Disney · 1996
Bergerac
Gloria Gibbins · 1981
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
Self / Sybil Fawlty · 2009
The Rector's Wife
Marjorie Richardson · 1994
The Littlest Horse Thieves
Mrs. Sandman · 1976
Pride and Prejudice
Lydia Bennet · 1952