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Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

Birthday: 1932-06-22 | Place of Birth: Sutton Abinger, Surrey, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Prunella Scales (born Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth) CBE (born 22 June 1932) is an English actress, known for her role as Basil Fawlty's long-suffering wife in the British comedy Fawlty Towers and her award-nominated role as Queen Elizabeth II in the British film A Question of Attribution. Description above from the Wikipedia article Prunella Scales, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2014
Sub Rosa

as    Madame

2013
The Phone Call

as    Joan

2011
Horrid Henry: The Movie

as    Great Aunt Greta

2009
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

as    Self / Sybil Fawlty

2007
The Shell Seekers

as    Dolly Keeling

2006
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing

as    Lady Moping

2005
Fawlty Towers Revisited

as    Herself

1999
Stiff Upper Lips

as    Aunt Agnes

1996
Emma

as    Miss Bates

1996
Breaking the Code

as    Sara Turing

1996
Lord of Misrule

as    Shirley

1995
Signs and Wonders

as    Elizabeth Palmore

1995
An Awfully Big Adventure

as    Rose

1994
Second Best

as    Margery

1994
Fair Game

as    Marjorie

1994
The Rector's Wife

as    Marjorie Richardson

1992
My Friend Walter

as    Aunt Ellie

1992
Howards End

as    Aunt Juley

1992
Freddie as F.R.O.7.

as    Queen (voice)

1991
A Question of Attribution

as    H.M.Q.

1990
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

as    Fleecy Flock

1990
Dirty Beasts

as    Narrator

1990
Revolting Rhymes

as    Narrator

1989
A Chorus of Disapproval

as    Hannah Ap Llewellyn