Acting
Prunella Scales — Movies and TV Shows
Also known as: Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales, Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth, پرونلا اسکیلز
Biography
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.
Popular movie credits
Howards End
Wolf
Emma
The Boys from Brazil
Hobson's Choice
Room at the Top
Sub Rosa
Horrid Henry: The Movie
Second Best
The Wicked Lady
Dirty Beasts
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
An Awfully Big Adventure
Natural Causes
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Popular TV credits
Midsomer Murders
Casualty
Silent Witness
Loose Women
Agatha Christie's Marple
Bergerac
BBC Play of the Month
Film '72
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Dalziel and Pascoe
Playhouse
An Audience with...
ScreenPlay
Fawlty Towers
Screen One
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