Prunella Scales
Acting
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.
Shows
Midsomer Murders
Casualty
Silent Witness
Agatha Christie's Marple
BBC Play of the Month
Bergerac
Playhouse
Dalziel & Pascoe
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Fawlty Towers
Target
Never the Twain
Country Matters
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
After Henry
Theatre Night
Seven of One
Mapp & Lucia
Signs and Wonders
Keeping Mum
Pride and Prejudice
The Royal
The World of Lee Evans
The Rector's Wife
Marriage Lines
Lucky Feller