Prunella Scales

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales CBE (née Illingworth; born 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Prunella Scales, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Filmography

Maude Waggins
Dolly Keeling
Miss Bates
Estella Fitzjohn
Vicky Hobson
Queen (voice)
Hannah Ap Llewellyn
Lady Markby
Narrator
Lady Kingsclere
Woman in Pub
Self / Sybil Fawlty
Council Office Worker (uncredited)
Doris Rutter
Queen Jemima
Queen Victoria
Celia Bryce
Marjorie
Aunt Juley
Great Aunt Greta
Mrs. Harrington
Dr. Minny Stinkler
Morag McLeod
Madame
Marion Brewster-Wright
Mrs. Shrigley
Florence Farr