Acting
Prunella Scales
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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.
- 105 titles
- 97 Acting
- 1 Crew
- 8 Appearances
Acting (97)
Maude Waggins
Sybil Fawlty
Aunt Juley
Mrs. Harrington
Eleanor Bunsall
Vicky Hobson
Mrs Mackenzie
Council Office Worker (uncredited)
Miss Bates
Anne Parker
Great Aunt Greta
Jocelyn Anderson
Joan
Rose
Margery
Queen (voice)
Moira O'Neill
Glynis
Edith Disney
Hannah Ap Llewellyn
Lady Kingsclere
Gloria Gibbins
Mrs. Duffel
Sara Turing
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Mrs. Sandman
Estella Fitzjohn
Aunt Agnes
Dr. Minny Stinkler
Susan Peel
Woman in Pub
H.M.Q.
Red Admiral
Customer
Lady Markby
Queen Jemima
Miss Elizabeth Mapp
Marie
Dolly Keeling
Sarah France
Marjorie
Marion Joyce
Mistress Page
Sarah
Babs Pickard
H.M.Q.
Mary
Madame
Diana Blake
Mother
Marion Brewster-Wright
Ethel
Kate Starling
Mistress Page
Judith
Mrs Prentice
Doris Rutter
Miriam
Milly
Queen Victoria
Marjorie Richardson
Milly
Elizabeth Dickens
Narrator
Aunt Ellie
Celia Bryce
Florence Farr
Lydia Bennet
Narrator
Elizabeth Palmore
Annie Parker
Grace
Judith
Marjorie
Lady Moping
Mavis Blackhead
Mrs. Shrigley
Florence Farr
Fleecy Flock
Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (voice)
Mrs. Prentice
Crew (1)
Appearances (8)
Self / Sybil Fawlty
Self
Self
Herself
Self
