Personal Info
Known Credits
57
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1932-06-22 (93 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
Also Known For
Prunella Margaret Rumney West ScalesPrunella Margaret Rumney Illingworthپرونلا اسکیلز
Prunella Scales
Biography
Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales CBE (née Illingworth; born 22 June 1932) 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 husb ...
Known For
Acting
2014 --
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
| Self
2014 --
Sub Rosa
| Madame
2013 --
The Phone Call
| Joan
2012 --
Run For Your Wife
| Woman in Pub
2011 --
Horrid Henry: The Movie
| Great Aunt Greta
2009 --
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
| Self / Sybil Fawlty
2007 --
The Shell Seekers
| Dolly Keeling
2007 --
What the Pythons Did Next...
| Self
2006 --
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing
| Lady Moping
2005 --
Fawlty Towers Revisited
| Herself
2002 --
A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg
| Grace
2001 --
Station Jim
| Queen Victoria
2000 --
The Ghost of Greville Lodge
|
1999 --
Mad Cows
| Dr. Minny Stinkler
1999 --
An Ideal Husband
| Lady Markby
1998 --
Stiff Upper Lips
| Aunt Agnes
1997 --
An Audience with Alf Garnett
|
1996 --
Emma
| Miss Bates
1996 --
Breaking the Code
| Sara Turing
1996 --
Lord of Misrule
| Shirley
1995 --
An Awfully Big Adventure
| Rose
1994 --
Second Best
| Margery
1994 --
Wolf
| Maude Waggins
1994 --
Fair Game
| Marjorie
1992 --
Freddie as F.R.O.7.
| Queen (voice)
1992 --
My Friend Walter
| Aunt Ellie
1992 --
Howards End
| Aunt Juley
1991 --
A Question of Attribution
| H.M.Q.
1990 --
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
| Fleecy Flock
1990 --
Revolting Rhymes
| Narrator
1990 --
Dirty Beasts
| Narrator
1989 --
Beyond The Pale
| Milly
1989 --
A Chorus of Disapproval
| Hannah Ap Llewellyn
1989 --
Communicators From Hell
|
1989 --
Bosses From Hell
|
1988 --
Natural Causes
| Celia Bryce
1988 --
Consuming Passions
| Ethel
1987 --
When We Are Married
| Annie Parker
1987 --
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
| Moira O'Neill
1987 --
What the Butler Saw
| Mrs Prentice
1986 --
Home Cooking
| Judith
1985 --
Absurd Person Singular
| Marion Brewster-Wright
1984 --
Slimming Down
| Mrs. Shrigley
1983 --
The Wicked Lady
| Lady Kingsclere
1982 --
The Merry Wives of Windsor
| Mistress Page
1982 --
Outside Edge
| Miriam
1978 --
Doris and Doreen
| Doris Rutter
1978 --
The Boys from Brazil
| Mrs. Harrington
1978 --
The Hound of the Baskervilles
| Glynis
1977 --
The Achurch Letters
| Florence Farr
1976 --
The Littlest Horse Thieves
| Mrs. Sandman
1975 --
The Apple Cart
| Queen Jemima
1962 --
Waltz of the Toreadors
| Estella Fitzjohn
1958 --
Room at the Top
| Council Office Worker (uncredited)
1954 --
What Every Woman Wants
| Mary
1954 --
Hobson's Choice
| Vicky Hobson
1953 --
Laxdale Hall
| Morag McLeod