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Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009
as Self / Sybil Fawlty
Prunella Scales
Acting
Born:June 22, 1932
Died:October 27, 2025(aged 93)
Birthplace:Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (55 movies)
8.0
8.0
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
as Mistress Page
8.0
8.0
Absurd Person Singular
1985
as Marion Brewster-Wright
8.0
8.0
Consuming Passions
1988
as Ethel
7.3
7.3
Hobson's Choice
1954
as Vicky Hobson
7.3
7.3
The Phone Call
2013
as Joan
7.0
7.0
Howards End
1992
as Aunt Juley
7.0
7.0
Station Jim
2001
as Queen Victoria
6.9
6.9
The Shell Seekers
2007
as Dolly Keeling
6.8
6.8
The Littlest Horse Thieves
1976
as Mrs. Sandman
6.7
6.7
Second Best
1994
as Margery
6.6
6.6
A Question of Attribution
1991
as H.M.Q.
6.6
6.6
Emma
1996
as Miss Bates
6.5
6.5
An Ideal Husband
1999
as Lady Markby
6.5
6.5
An Awfully Big Adventure
1995
as Rose
6.5
6.5
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987
as Moira O'Neill
6.3
6.3
What Every Woman Wants
1954
as Mary
6.1
6.1
Wolf
1994
as Maude Waggins
6.0
6.0
Singles
1983
as Gail
6.0
6.0
Laxdale Hall
1953
as Morag McLeod
6.0
6.0
Doris and Doreen
1978
as Doris Rutter
6.0
6.0
The Ghost of Greville Lodge
2000
6.0
6.0
Outside Edge
1982
as Miriam
5.3
5.3
A Chorus of Disapproval
1989
as Hannah Ap Llewellyn
5.2
5.2
Horrid Henry: The Movie
2011
as Great Aunt Greta
5.2
5.2
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992
as Queen (voice)
5.2
5.2
Stiff Upper Lips
1998
as Aunt Agnes
5.1
5.1
Breaking the Code
1996
as Sara Turing
5.0
5.0
Fawlty Towers Revisited
2005
as Herself
5.0
5.0
Sub Rosa
2014
as Madame
4.8
4.8
Waltz of the Toreadors
1962
as Estella Fitzjohn
4.8
4.8
The Wicked Lady
1983
as Lady Kingsclere
4.2
4.2
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1978
as Glynis
3.8
3.8
Fair Game
1994
as Marjorie
3.4
3.4
Mad Cows
1999
as Dr. Minny Stinkler
1.0
1.0
What the Butler Saw
1987
as Mrs Prentice
An Audience with Alf Garnett
1997
Beyond The Pale
1989
as Milly
Slimming Down
1984
as Mrs. Shrigley
The Achurch Letters
1977
as Florence Farr
Bosses From Hell
1989
The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers
2025
The Apple Cart
1975
as Queen Jemima
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing
2006
as Lady Moping
A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg
2002
as Grace
Dirty Beasts
1990
as Narrator
Revolting Rhymes
1990
as Narrator
Communicators From Hell
1989
When We Are Married
1987
as Annie Parker
Lord of Misrule
1996
as Shirley
Natural Causes
1988
as Celia Bryce
My Friend Walter
1992
as Aunt Ellie
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990
as Fleecy Flock
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007
as Self
Home Cooking
1986
as Judith
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