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Prunella Scales

Actress / Stage Actress / Film Actress / Television Actress / Radio Actress | * 06/22/1932 (91) | Sutton Abinger, Surrey (United Kingdom (UK))
Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales (née Illingworth; born 22 June 1932) is a retired English actress. She portrayed Sybil Fawlty, the bossy wife of Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), in the BBC comedy Fawlty Towers, Queen Elizabeth II in A Question of Attribution (Screen One, BBC 1991) by Alan Bennett (for which she was nominated for a British Academy Television Award) and appeared in the documentary series Great Canal Journeys (2014–2021), travelling on narrowboats with her husband, fellow actor Timothy West. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | TV Movies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Aging publisher Will Randall is at the end of his rope when a younger co-worker snatches his job out from under his nose. But after being bitten by a wolf, Will suddenly finds himself full of youthful ...

Wolf

R

1994 | 3.0/5 | 2h 5min
Fantasy, Drama, Horror, Romance / Love
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A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with t ...

Howards End

PG

1992 | 3.5/5 | 2h 22min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich. ...

The Boys from Brazil

R

1978 | 3.4/5 | 2h 5min
Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction
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Owner Basil Fawlty, his wife Sybil, a chambermaid Polly, and Spanish waiter Manuel attempt to run their hotel amidst farcical situations and an array of demanding guests. ...

Fawlty Towers

TV-PG

1975 | 4.1/5 | 30min per episode
Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Prunella Scales

Commander of The Order of The British Empire
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Movies with Prunella Scales as Actress(45)

as Madame2014 Sub Rosa
as herself2014 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
as Joan2013 The Phone Call
as Woman in Pub2012 Run For Your Wife
as Great Aunt Greta2011 Horrid Henry: The Movie
as Sybil Fawlty / herself2009 Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
as Dolly Keeling2007 The Shell Seekers
as Lady Moping2006 Mr Loveday's Little Outing
as herself2005 Fawlty Towers Revisited
as Grace2002 A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg
as Queen Victoria2001 Station Jim
2000 The Ghost of Greville Lodge
as Lady Markby1999 An Ideal Husband
as Dr. Minny Stinkler1999 Mad Cows
as Aunt Agnes1998 Stiff Upper Lips
1996 Lord of Misrule
as Shirley1996 Lord of Misrule
as Sara Turing1996 Breaking the Code
as Miss Bates1996 Emma
as Rose1995 An Awfully Big Adventure
as Maude Waggins1994 Wolf
as Marjorie1994 Fair Game
as Aunt Juley1992 Howards End
as Queen (voice)1992 Freddie as F.R.O.7.
as Aunt Ellie1992 My Friend Walter
as H.M.Q.1991 A Question of Attribution
as Hannah Ap Llewellyn1989 A Chorus of Disapproval
as Milly1989 Beyond The Pale
as Ethel1988 Consuming Passions
as Celia Bryce1988 Natural Causes
1987 What the Butler Saw
as Annie Parker1987 When We Are Married
as Moira O'Neill1987 The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
as Marion Brewster-Wright1985 Absurd Person Singular
as Lady Kingsclere1983 The Wicked Lady
as Mistress Page1982 The Merry Wives of Windsor
as Miriam1982 Outside Edge
as Glynis1978 The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Mrs. Harrington1978 The Boys from Brazil
as Doris Rutter1978 Doris and Doreen
as Mrs. Sandman1976 The Littlest Horse Thieves
as Estella Fitzjohn1962 Waltz of the Toreadors
as Mary1954 What Every Woman Wants
as Vicky Hobson1954 Hobson's Choice
as Morag McLeod1953 Laxdale Hall

TV Shows/Series with Prunella Scales as Actress(19)

as herself2014 Great Canal Journeys
as Red Admiral2003 The Royal
2002 Dickens
as Eleanor Bunsall1997 Midsomer Murders
1996 Silent Witness
as Mrs. Duffel1996 Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
1996 Dalziel & Pascoe
as Marjorie Richardson1994 The Rector's Wife
1988 After Henry
1988 Thompson
as Jocelyn Anderson1986 Casualty
as Gloria Gibbins1981 Bergerac
as herself1978 An Audience with...
1976 Lucky Feller
as Sybil Fawlty1975 Fawlty Towers
as Herself / Sybil Fawlty1975 Fawlty Towers
1973 Seven of One
1961 Marriage Lines
as Lydia Bennet1952 Pride and Prejudice

Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Wednesday, 06/22 1932 (June) in Sutton Abinger, Surrey (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 91 years + 307 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Roedean Moira House, HB Studio
Spouses (current/former): Timothy West
Children: Samuel West
Other names for Prunella Scales (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth"
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Denise Black (7x, Actress)
Paul Barber (7x, Actor)
George Costigan (6x, Actor)
Jeff Rawle (6x, Actor)
Neville Phillips (6x, Actor)
Joe McGann (6x, Actor)
Andrew Sachs (5x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:271685, Added: 08/09/2018, Last updated: 04/10/2024