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