Prunella Scales
Acting
Born June 22, 1932 — Died October 27, 2025
From Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
Also known as Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales, Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth, پرونلا اسکیلز
Biography
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) ...
Filmography
The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers
2025
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Self
20148.0
Sub Rosa
Madame
20145.0
The Phone Call
Joan
20137.3
Run For Your Wife
Woman in Pub
20124.4
Horrid Henry: The Movie
Great Aunt Greta
20115.2
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
Self / Sybil Fawlty
20098.4
The Shell Seekers
Dolly Keeling
20076.9
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Think
Customer
2007
What the Pythons Did Next...
Self
2007
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing
Lady Moping
2006
Fawlty Towers Revisited
Herself
20055.0
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The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Sybil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)
20056.5
—
A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg
Grace
2002
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Station Jim
Queen Victoria
20017.5
The Ghost of Greville Lodge
Sarah
20007.0
Mad Cows
Dr. Minny Stinkler
19994.4
An Ideal Husband
Lady Markby
19996.5
Stiff Upper Lips
Aunt Agnes
19985.6
An Audience with Alf Garnett
1997
Emma
Miss Bates
19966.6
Breaking the Code
Sara Turing
19965.5
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Lord of Misrule
Shirley
19969.0
An Awfully Big Adventure
Rose
19956.5
Second Best
Margery
19946.8
Wolf
Maude Waggins
19946.1
Fair Game
Marjorie
19944.8
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (voice)
1994
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
Queen (voice)
19925.3
My Friend Walter
Aunt Ellie
19927.0
Howards End
Aunt Juley
19927.0
A Question of Attribution
H.M.Q.
19916.8
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
Fleecy Flock
1990
Dirty Beasts
Narrator
1990
Revolting Rhymes
Narrator
1990
Beyond The Pale
Milly
19897.0
A Chorus of Disapproval
Hannah Ap Llewellyn
19895.4
Bosses From Hell
1989
Communicators From Hell
1989
Natural Causes
Celia Bryce
19888.0
Consuming Passions
Ethel
19888.3
When We Are Married
Annie Parker
19877.0
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Moira O'Neill
19876.6
What the Butler Saw
Mrs Prentice
19873.0
Home Cooking
Judith
1986
Absurd Person Singular
Marion Brewster-Wright
19858.3
Slimming Down
Mrs. Shrigley
1984
The Wicked Lady
Lady Kingsclere
19835.0
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Singles
Gail
19836.0
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Mistress Page
19828.0
Outside Edge
Miriam
19828.0
Doris and Doreen
Doris Rutter
19786.5
The Boys from Brazil
Mrs. Harrington
19786.7
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Glynis
19784.4
The Achurch Letters
Florence Farr
1977
The Littlest Horse Thieves
Mrs. Sandman
19766.9
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The Apple Cart
Queen Jemima
1975
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The Ring of Truth
Babs Pickard
1973
Waltz of the Toreadors
Estella Fitzjohn
19625.0
Room at the Top
Council Office Worker (uncredited)
19586.9
The Crowded Day
Customer
19545.8
What Every Woman Wants
Mary
19546.5
Hobson's Choice
Vicky Hobson
19547.4
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Laxdale Hall
Morag McLeod
19537.0