Prunella Scales
Actor
Born Jun 22, 1932 · Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
Active 1952–2025 · Awards: Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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…
Filmography
Fawlty Towers (1975) — Sybil FawltyHowards End (1992) — Aunt JuleyMidsomer Murders (1997) — Eleanor BunsallWolf (1994) — Maude WagginsThe Boys from Brazil (1978) — Mrs. HarringtonAgatha Christie's Marple (2004) — Mrs MackenzieHobson's Choice (1954) — Vicky HobsonSilent Witness (1996) — Anne ParkerRoom at the Top (1958) — Council Office Worker (uncredited)Emma (1996) — Miss BatesThe Phone Call (2013) — JoanAn Awfully Big Adventure (1995) — RoseCasualty (1986) — Jocelyn AndersonSecond Best (1994) — MargeryThe Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987) — Moira O'NeillHorrid Henry: The Movie (2011) — Great Aunt GretaBergerac (1981) — Gloria GibbinsThe Royal (2003) — Red AdmiralDalziel and Pascoe (1996) — Edith DisneyThe Rector's Wife (1994) — Marjorie RichardsonThe Littlest Horse Thieves (1976) — Mrs. SandmanLord of Misrule (1996) — ShirleyPride and Prejudice (1952) — Lydia BennetConsuming Passions (1988) — Ethel