Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 22, 1932
Place of Birth
Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
Also Known As
- Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales
- Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth
- پرونلا اسکیلز
Prunella Scales
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 - Movies
Wolf
as Maude Waggins
Howards End
as Aunt Juley
The Boys from Brazil
as Mrs. Harrington
Emma
as Miss Bates
Sub Rosa
as Madame
Room at the Top
as Council Office Worker (uncredited)
Hobson's Choice
as Vicky Hobson
Fair Game
as Marjorie
Second Best
as Margery
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
as Moira O'Neill
