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Prunella Scales
ActorBorn June 22, 1932 (93 years)
Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales CBE (née Illingworth) is 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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Filmography
| 2025 | |
| 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 | Johnny English · as The Queen |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | Dickens (TV Series) |
| 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) |
| 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 | 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 |