Birth Day: 1932-06-22
Place of birth: Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
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.
Credits
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As Self -
As Madame -
As Joan -
As Woman in Pub -
As Great Aunt Greta -
As Self / Sybil Fawlty -
As Dolly Keeling -
As Self -
As Lady Moping -
As Herself -
As Grace
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As Queen Victoria
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As Lady Markby -
As Dr. Minny Stinkler -
As Aunt Agnes -
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As Shirley
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As Sara Turing -
As Miss Bates -
As Rose -
As Marjorie -
As Maude Waggins -
As Margery -
As Aunt Ellie -
As Aunt Juley -
As Queen (voice) -
As H.M.Q. -
As Fleecy Flock -
As Narrator -
As Narrator -
As Hannah Ap Llewellyn -
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As Milly -
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As Ethel -
As Celia Bryce -
As Moira O'Neill -
As Annie Parker -
As Mrs Prentice -
As Judith -
As Marion Brewster-Wright -
As Mrs. Shrigley -
As Lady Kingsclere -
As Miriam
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As Mistress Page -
As Glynis -
As Mrs. Harrington -
As Doris Rutter -
As Florence Farr -
As Mrs. Sandman -
As Queen Jemima
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As Estella Fitzjohn -
As Council Office Worker (uncredited) -
As Vicky Hobson -
As Mary -
As Morag McLeod