Biography
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.
Filmography
all 91
Movies 59
TV Shows 32
self 7
Narrator 2
Voice 1
Madame
Sub Rosa (2014)
Movie
Woman in Pub
Run For Your Wife (2012)
Movie
Great Aunt Greta
Horrid Henry: The Movie (2011)
Movie
6
Self / Sybil Fawlty
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened (2009)
Movie
Dolly Keeling
The Shell Seekers (2007)
Movie
Lady Moping
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing (2006)
Movie
Mrs Mackenzie
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
TV
6.11
Red Admiral
The Royal (2003)
TV
Queen Victoria
Station Jim (2001)
Movie
Pet Shop Owner
The Human Face (2001)
TV
8
Queen Melissa
The Big Knights (1999)
TV
Dr. Minny Stinkler
Mad Cows (1999)
Movie
Lady Markby
An Ideal Husband (1999)
Movie
Aunt Agnes
Stiff Upper Lips (1998)
Movie
Marjorie
Keeping Mum (1997)
TV
Eleanor Bunsall
Midsomer Murders (1997)
TV
6
Miss Bates
Emma (1996)
Movie
6
Sara Turing
Breaking the Code (1996)
Movie
Shirley
Lord of Misrule (1996)
Movie
Mrs. Duffel
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (1996)
TV
Anne Parker
Silent Witness (1996)
TV
5.5
Storyteller
Look at the State We're In! (1995)
TV
Elizabeth Palmore
Signs and Wonders (1995)
TV
Margery
Second Best (1994)
Movie
Maude Waggins
Wolf (1994)
Movie
5.43
Marjorie
Fair Game (1994)
Movie
Marjorie Richardson
The Rector's Wife (1994)
TV
Queen (voice)
Freddie as F.R.O.7. (1992)
Movie
Aunt Ellie
My Friend Walter (1992)
Movie
Aunt Juley
Howards End (1992)
Movie
6
Fleecy Flock
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1990)
Movie
Narrator
Dirty Beasts (1990)
Movie
Narrator
Revolting Rhymes (1990)
Movie
Hannah Ap Llewellyn
A Chorus of Disapproval (1989)
Movie
Celia Bryce
Natural Causes (1988)
Movie
Annie Parker
When We Are Married (1987)
Movie
Moira O'Neill
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
Movie
Mrs Prentice
What the Butler Saw (1987)
Movie
Judith
Home Cooking (1986)
Movie
Jocelyn Anderson
Casualty (1986)
TV
Mrs. Prentice
Theatre Night (1985)
TV
Marion Brewster-Wright
Absurd Person Singular (1985)
Movie
Mrs. Shrigley
Slimming Down (1984)
Movie
Lady Kingsclere
The Wicked Lady (1983)
Movie
Mistress Page
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982)
Movie
Miriam
Outside Edge (1982)
Movie
Gloria Gibbins
Bergerac (1981)
TV
6
Doris Rutter
Doris and Doreen (1978)
Movie
Mrs. Harrington
The Boys from Brazil (1978)
Movie
5.61
Florence Farr
The Achurch Letters (1977)
Movie
Mrs. Sandman
The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976)
Movie
Sybil Fawlty
Fawlty Towers (1975)
TV
6.7
Queen Jemima
The Apple Cart (1975)
Movie
Estella Fitzjohn
Waltz of the Toreadors (1962)
Movie
Council Office Worker (uncredited)
Room at the Top (1958)
Movie
Vicky Hobson
Hobson's Choice (1954)
Movie
Morag McLeod
Laxdale Hall (1953)
Movie
Lydia Bennet
Pride and Prejudice (1952)
TV
Violet Mangham
Stranger Danger
Movie
Gallery
Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1932-06-22 (92 years old)
Birth NamePrunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth
Birth PlaceAbinger, United Kingdom
RelationshipsTimothy West (1963 - 2024)
ChildrenSamuel West
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsPrunella Margaret Rumney West Scales, Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth, پرونلا اسکیلز
AwardsCommander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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