As Actor
Horrid Henry: The Movie
2011
5.2
Prunella Scales
Acting
Born
June 22, 1932
Place of Birth
Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
Biography
Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales CBE (née Illingworth; 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.
The Filmography
As Actor
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009
8.0
As Actor
The Ghost of Greville Lodge
2000
6.0
As Actor
An Ideal Husband
1999
6.5
As Actor
Stiff Upper Lips
1998
5.6
As Actor
Emma
1996
6.6
As Actor
Breaking the Code
1996
5.4
As Actor
An Awfully Big Adventure
1995
6.6
As Actor
Second Best
1994
6.7
As Actor
Fair Game
1994
4.3
As Actor
Freddie as F.R.O.7.
1992
5.0
As Actor
Howards End
1992
7.0
As Actor
A Question of Attribution
1991
6.6
As Actor
A Chorus of Disapproval
1989
5.3
As Actor
Consuming Passions
1988
8.0
As Actor
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987
6.6
As Actor
Absurd Person Singular
1985
8.0
As Actor
The Wicked Lady
1983
4.9
As Actor
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
8.0
As Actor
Outside Edge
1982
6.0