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Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

Acting 1932-06-22 Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK

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,…

Known For

Emma
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Emma 1996
Wolf
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Wolf 1994
Second Best
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Second Best 1994
Hobson's Choice
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Hobson's Choice 1954
The Shell Seekers
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The Shell Seekers 2007
Consuming Passions
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Consuming Passions 1988
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
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Freddie As F.R.O.7. 1992
The Phone Call
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The Phone Call 2013
An Ideal Husband
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An Ideal Husband 1999
A Chorus of Disapproval
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A Chorus of Disapproval 1989
Stiff Upper Lips
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Stiff Upper Lips 1998
A Question of Attribution
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A Question of Attribution 1991
Waltz of the Toreadors
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Waltz of the Toreadors 1962
Breaking the Code
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Breaking the Code 1996
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne 1987
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
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50 Years of BBC Two Comedy 2014
Fawlty Towers Revisited
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Fawlty Towers Revisited 2005
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing
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Mr. Loveday's Little Outing 2006
What the Butler Saw
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What the Butler Saw 1987