Prunella Scales
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
85 titles
Midsomer Murders
Casualty
Silent Witness
BBC Play of the Month
Agatha Christie's Marple
Playhouse
Bergerac
Loose Women
An Audience with...
Dalziel & Pascoe
Fawlty Towers
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Target
Never the Twain
After Henry
Wolf
Theatre Night
Howards End
Country Matters
Marriage Lines
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
Pride and Prejudice
Emma
Great Canal Journeys
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