Prunella Scales
Birthday: 1932-06-22 | Place of Birth: Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UKPrunella 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Madame
as Joan
as Great Aunt Greta
as Self / Sybil Fawlty
as Customer
as Dolly Keeling
as Lady Moping
as Herself
as Sarah
as Aunt Agnes
as Lady Markby
as Miss Bates
as Sara Turing
as Shirley
as Elizabeth Palmore
as Rose
as Margery
as Marjorie
as Marjorie Richardson
as Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (voice)
as Aunt Ellie
as Aunt Juley
as Queen (voice)
as H.M.Q.
as Narrator
