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Prunella Scales
Actor
Born June 22, 1932Died October 27, 2025 (93 years)
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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Prunella Scales Filmography
| 2025 | |
| 2023 | The Good Life: 50 Years of Laughter · as Kate Starling |
| 2015 | The Big Knights · as Queen Melissa |
| 2013 | The Phone Call · as Joan |
| 2012 | Run for Your Wife · as Woman In Pub |
| 2011 | Horrid Henry: The Movie · as Great Aunt Greta |
| 2006 | The Shell Seekers · as Dolly Keeling |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple (TV Series) · as Mrs Mackenzie |
| 2003 | Looking for Victoria · as Presenter |
| 2003 | Johnny English · as The Queen |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | Dickens (TV Series) · as Elizabeth Dickens |
| 2001 | Station Jim · as Queen Victoria |
| 2001 | The Human Face (TV Series) · as Pet Shop Owner |
| 2000 | Animated Tales of the World (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | A History of Britain by Simon Schama (TV Series) · as Queen Victoria |
| 1999 | The Big Knights (TV Series) · as Queen Melissa |
| 1999 | Mad Cows · as Dr. Minny Stinkler |
| 1999 | An Ideal Husband · as Lady Markby |
| 1997 | Stiff Upper Lips · as Aunt Agnes |
| 1997 | Keeping Mum (TV Series) · as Marjorie |
| 1997 | Where the Heart Is (TV Series) · as Hattie Dymchurch |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Eleanor Bunsall |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | Breaking the Code · as Sara Turing |
| 1996 | Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (TV Series) · as Mrs. Duffel |
| 1996 | Dalziel and Pascoe (TV Series) |
| 1996 | Lord of Misrule · as Shirley |
| 1996 | Silent Witness (TV Series) · as Anne Parker |
| 1995 | The World of Lee Evans (TV Series) · as Mother |
| 1995 | An Awfully Big Adventure · as Rose |
| 1995 | Signs and Wonders (TV Series) · as Elizabeth Palmore |
| 1994 | Second Best · as Margery |
| 1994 | Wolf · as Maude Waggins |
| 1994 | Fair Game · as Marjorie |
| 1994 | Sherwood's Travels · as Cast |
| 1994 | The Rector's Wife (TV Series) · as Marjorie Richardson |
| 1992 | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (TV Series) · as Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle |
| 1992 | Freddie as F.R.O.7. · as Queen (voice) |
| 1992 | Howards End · as Aunt Juley |
| 1992 | My Friend Walter · as Aunt Ellie |
| 1992 | A Question of Attribution · as H.m.q. |
| 1990 | The Tale of Little Pig Robinson · as Fleecy Flock |
| 1990 | Revolting Rhymes · as Narrator |
| 1990 | Dirty Beasts · as Narrator |
| 1990 | Revolting Rhymes · as Narrator |
| 1990 | Dirty Beasts · as Narrator |
| 1989 | A Chorus of Disapproval · as Hannah Ap Llewellyn |
| 1988 | Consuming Passions · as Ethel |
| 1988 | Thompson (TV Series) |
| 1988 | After Henry (TV Series) · as Sarah France |
| 1987 | When We Are Married · as Annie Parker |
| 1987 | The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne · as Moira O'neill |
| 1986 | Casualty (TV Series) · as Jocelyn Anderson |
| 1986 | Screenplay (1986) (TV Series) · as Milly |
| 1985 | Screen One (TV Series) · as H.m.q. |
| 1985 | Theatre Night (TV Series) · as Mrs. Prentice |
| 1985 | Mapp and Lucia (TV Series) |
| 1985 | Absurd Person Singular · as Marion Brewster-Wright |
| 1983 | Wagner (TV Series) · as Frau Pollert |
| 1983 | The Wicked Lady · as Lady Kingsclere |
| 1982 | The Merry Wives of Windsor · as Mistress Page |
| 1982 | Outside Edge · as Miriam |
| 1981 | Bergerac (TV Series) · as Gloria Gibbins |
| 1981 | 40 Minutes (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1981 | Never the Twain (TV Series) · as Susan Peel |
| 1978 | Doris and Doreen · as Doris Rutter |
| 1978 | The Boys from Brazil · as Mrs. Harrington |
| 1978 | The Hound of the Baskervilles · as Glynis |
| 1977 | Target (TV Series) · as Diana Blake |
| 1976 | The Littlest Horse Thieves · as Mrs. Sandman |
| 1975 | Fawlty Towers (TV Series) · as Sybil Fawlty |
| 1975 | Lucky Feller (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Playhouse (TV Series) · as Florence Farr |
| 1973 | Seven of One (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Country Matters (TV Series) · as Babs Pickard |
| 1965 | Jackanory (TV Series) · as Storyteller |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Queen Jemima |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) · as Marie |
| 1964 | Horizon (TV Series) · as Florence Hastings |
| 1962 | Waltz of the Toreadors · as Estella Fitzjohn |
| 1961 | Comedy Playhouse (TV Series) · as Dolly |
| 1960 | Coronation Street (TV Series) · as Eileen Hughes |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Maud Murch |
| 1958 | Room at the Top · as Council Office Worker (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Blind Spot · as Petrol Pump Attendant |
| 1957 | Television World Theatre (TV Series) · as Dunyasha |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Barmaid |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Gabrielle |
| 1954 | Shop Spoiled · as Customer |
| 1954 | What Every Woman Wants · as Mary |
| 1954 | Hobson's Choice · as Vicky Hobson |
| 1953 | Scotch on the Rocks · as Morag Mcleod |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Prudence Buckland |
| 2014 | Great Canal Journeys (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened · as Self / Sybil Fawlty |
| 2009 | Kate Garraway’s Life Stories (TV Series) · as Self - Timothy's Wife |
| 2006 | The King's Head: A Maverick in London · as Self |
| 2005 | Fawlty Towers Revisited · as Herself |
| 2004 | The Funny Ladies of British Comedy · as Self |
| 2003 | This Week (2003) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2002 | Timeshift (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1999 | Loose Women (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Funny Women (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Light Lunch (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Good Morning Australia (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1991 | Comic Relief · as Self |
| 1988 | This Morning (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1982 | Wogan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1978 | An Audience With (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1977 | Everyman (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter |
| 1972 | Whodunnit? (UK) (TV Series) · as Self - Panellist |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | Face the Music (TV Series) · as Self - Panellist |
| 1965 | Call My Bluff (1996) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1955 | This is Your Life (UK) (TV Series) · as Self |