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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.
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Filmography
all 83
Movies 54
TV Shows 29
self 6
Narrator 2
Voice 1
The Big Knights (2015)
Great Canal Journeys (2014)
Sub Rosa (2014)
Run For Your Wife (2012)
Horrid Henry: The Movie (2011)
The Shell Seekers (2007)
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing (2006)
The Royal (2003)
Station Jim (2001)
The Human Face (2001)
The Big Knights (1999)
Mad Cows (1999)
An Ideal Husband (1999)
Stiff Upper Lips (1998)
Keeping Mum (1997)
Midsomer Murders (1997)
Emma (1996)
Breaking the Code (1996)
Lord of Misrule (1996)
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (1996)
Silent Witness (1996)
Look at the State We're In! (1995)
Signs and Wonders (1995)
Second Best (1994)
Wolf (1994)
Fair Game (1994)
The Rector's Wife (1994)
Freddie as F.R.O.7. (1992)
My Friend Walter (1992)
Howards End (1992)
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1990)
Dirty Beasts (1990)
Revolting Rhymes (1990)
A Chorus of Disapproval (1989)
Natural Causes (1988)
After Henry (1988)
When We Are Married (1987)
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
What the Butler Saw (1987)
Home Cooking (1986)
Casualty (1986)
Absurd Person Singular (1985)
Mapp & Lucia (1985)
The Wicked Lady (1983)
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982)
Outside Edge (1982)
Bergerac (1981)
The Boys from Brazil (1978)
The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976)
Fawlty Towers (1975)
The Apple Cart (1975)
Seven of One (1973)
Waltz of the Toreadors (1962)
Marriage Lines (1961)
Room at the Top (1959)
Hobson's Choice (1954)
Laxdale Hall (1953)
Pride and Prejudice (1952)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1932-06-22 (92 years old)
Birth NamePrunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth
Birth PlaceSutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
SpouseTimothy West
ChildrenSamuel West
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsPrunella Margaret Rumney West Scales, Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth
AwardsCommander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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