Prunella Scales
Birthday: 1932-06-22
Birthplace: Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned
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 husband, fellow actor Timothy West.
Credits
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2014-01-01 | Sub Rosa | Madame |
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2013-10-20 | The Phone Call | Joan |
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2012-05-16 | Run For Your Wife | Woman in Pub |
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2011-07-29 | Horrid Henry: The Movie | Great Aunt Greta |
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2007-10-18 | The Shell Seekers | Dolly Keeling |
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2006-05-07 | Mr. Loveday's Little Outing | Lady Moping |
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2002-03-13 | A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg | Grace |
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2001-12-30 | Station Jim | Queen Victoria |
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2000-10-06 | The Ghost of Greville Lodge | |
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1999-10-29 | Mad Cows | Dr. Minny Stinkler |
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1999-05-18 | An Ideal Husband | Lady Markby |
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1998-06-12 | Stiff Upper Lips | Aunt Agnes |
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1997-04-05 | An Audience with Alf Garnett | |
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1996-10-02 | Emma | Miss Bates |
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1996-09-17 | Breaking the Code | Sara Turing |
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1996-05-06 | Lord of Misrule | Shirley |
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1995-05-11 | An Awfully Big Adventure | Rose |
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1994-09-30 | Second Best | Margery |
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1994-06-17 | Wolf | Maude Waggins |
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1994-06-11 | Fair Game | Marjorie |
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1992-08-14 | Freddie as F.R.O.7. | Queen (voice) |
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1992-04-24 | My Friend Walter | Aunt Ellie |
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1992-03-13 | Howards End | Aunt Juley |
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1991-10-20 | A Question of Attribution | H.M.Q. |
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1990-12-26 | The Tale of Little Pig Robinson | Fleecy Flock |
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1989-08-30 | Beyond The Pale | Milly |
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1989-08-18 | A Chorus of Disapproval | Hannah Ap Llewellyn |
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1989-01-01 | Bosses From Hell | |
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1989-01-01 | Communicators From Hell | |
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1988-09-11 | Natural Causes | Celia Bryce |
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1988-04-06 | Consuming Passions | Ethel |
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1987-12-26 | When We Are Married | Annie Parker |
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1987-12-23 | The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne | Moira O'Neill |
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1987-05-23 | What the Butler Saw | Mrs Prentice |
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1986-11-08 | Home Cooking | Judith |
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1985-01-01 | Absurd Person Singular | Marion Brewster-Wright |
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1984-06-30 | Slimming Down | Mrs. Shrigley |
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1983-04-21 | The Wicked Lady | Lady Kingsclere |
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1982-12-28 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | Mistress Page |
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1982-12-19 | Outside Edge | Miriam |
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1978-12-16 | Doris and Doreen | Doris Rutter |
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1978-10-05 | The Boys from Brazil | Mrs. Harrington |
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1978-08-01 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Glynis |
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1977-01-12 | The Achurch Letters | Florence Farr |
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1976-05-26 | The Littlest Horse Thieves | Mrs. Sandman |
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1975-01-19 | The Apple Cart | Queen Jemima |
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1962-04-12 | Waltz of the Toreadors | Estella Fitzjohn |
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1958-12-29 | Room at the Top | Council Office Worker (uncredited) |
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1954-06-10 | What Every Woman Wants | Mary |
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1954-04-19 | Hobson's Choice | Vicky Hobson |
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1953-04-01 | Laxdale Hall | Morag McLeod |