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Prunella Scales

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Acting credits

83

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.6

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Movies: 55Series: 28

TMDB ID: 55643

IMDb ID: nm0768795

Known for: Acting

Born: June 22, 1932

Died: October 27, 2025

Age: 93

Place of birth: Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1952 - 2025

Years active: 74

Average TMDB rating: 6.49

Wikidata: Q271348

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.

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