Prunella Scales
Acting
1932-06-22 · 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.
movieThe Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers
as · 2025 · 0.0
movie50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
as Self · 2014 · 8.0
tvGreat Canal Journeys
as Self · 2014 · 8.8
movieSub Rosa
as Madame · 2014 · 5.0
movieThe Phone Call
as Joan · 2013 · 7.3
movieRun For Your Wife
as Woman in Pub · 2012 · 4.4
movieHorrid Henry: The Movie
as Great Aunt Greta · 2011 · 5.2
movieFawlty Towers: Re-Opened
as Self / Sybil Fawlty · 2009 · 8.4
movieThe Shell Seekers
as Dolly Keeling · 2007 · 6.9
movieThink
as Customer · 2007 · 0.0
movieWhat the Pythons Did Next...
as Self · 2007 · 0.0
movieMr. Loveday's Little Outing
as Lady Moping · 2006 · 0.0
movieFawlty Towers Revisited
as Herself · 2005 · 5.0
movieThe Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Sybil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2005 · 6.5
tvAgatha Christie's Marple
as Mrs Mackenzie · 2004 · 7.8
tvLooking for Victoria
as Self / Victoria · 2003 · 0.0
tvThe Royal
as Red Admiral · 2003 · 7.8
tvDickens
as Elizabeth Dickens · 2002 · 7.0
movieA Day In The Death Of Joe Egg
as Grace · 2002 · 0.0
movieStation Jim
as Queen Victoria · 2001 · 7.5
movieThe Ghost of Greville Lodge
as Sarah · 2000 · 7.0
movieMad Cows
as Dr. Minny Stinkler · 1999 · 4.4
tvLoose Women
as Self · 1999 · 3.6
movieAn Ideal Husband
as Lady Markby · 1999 · 6.5