Biography
Prunella Margaret Rumney West, known professionally as Prunella Scales, was an English actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Sybil Fawlty in the BBC television sitcom Fawlty Towers (1975–1979) and her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in Alan Bennett's A Question of Attribution (1991), which earned her a BAFTA nomination. She later appeared in the TV documentary series Great Canal Journeys (2014–2019), travelling waterways in the UK and abroad with her husband, the actor Timothy West.
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Awards & recognition
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1992
Filmography29 titles
Great Canal Journeys
Consuming Passions
Fawlty Towers
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Agatha Christie's Marple
The Royal
Silent Witness
Midsomer Murders
Hobson's Choice
The Phone Call
My Friend Walter
Howards End
The Shell Seekers
The Littlest Horse Thieves
Room at the Top
Second Best
Bergerac
The Boys from Brazil
Emma
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
What Every Woman Wants
Dalziel and Pascoe
Casualty
Wolf
The Crowded Day
Stiff Upper Lips
Horrid Henry: The Movie
The Wicked Lady
The Hound of the Baskervilles