Prunella Scales

Actress Born 1932 Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK 2 TV Shows 8 Movies

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.

Prunella Scales has built a filmography of 10 credits over a career spanning from 1975 to 2011.

Prunella Scales's most notable role to date came in Wolf (1994), where she played Maude Waggins. She also appeared in Fawlty Towers (1975) as Sybil Fawlty. Most recently appeared in Howards End (1992) as Aunt Juley.

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