TVThe Rector's Wife
1994★ 9.0
Acting
Prunella Scales
1932-06-22 – 2025-10-27 · Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
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) 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.
Known for
TV
TVPride and Prejudice
1952★ 9.0
TVGreat Canal Journeys
2014★ 8.8
MovieFawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009★ 8.4
MovieConsuming Passions
1988★ 8.3
MovieAbsurd Person Singular
1985★ 8.3
TVFawlty Towers
1975★ 8.3
Movie50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014★ 8.0
MovieNatural Causes
1988★ 8.0
MovieOutside Edge
1982★ 8.0
MovieThe Merry Wives of Windsor
1982★ 8.0
TVAgatha Christie's Marple
2004★ 7.8
TVThe Royal
2003★ 7.8
TVSilent Witness
1996★ 7.6
MovieStation Jim
2001★ 7.5