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Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

Movies featuring Prunella Scales
39 movies found
Born
1932-06-22
Died
2025-10-27
Birthplace
Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK

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 Timoth… Read Full Biography Collapse 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.
Wolf
Wolf
1994 · ⭐ 6.1
Howards End
Howards End
1992 · ⭐ 7
The Boys from Brazil
The Boys from Brazil
1978 · ⭐ 6.7
Emma
Emma
1996 · ⭐ 6.8
Hobson's Choice
Hobson's Choice
1954 · ⭐ 7.413
Horrid Henry: The Movie
Horrid Henry: The Movie
2011 · ⭐ 5.5
The Phone Call
The Phone Call
2013 · ⭐ 7.3
An Awfully Big Adventure
An Awfully Big Adventure
1995 · ⭐ 6.7
Freddie as F.R.O.7.
Freddie as F.R.O.7.
1992 · ⭐ 5.5
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987 · ⭐ 6.5
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1978 · ⭐ 4.4
The Wicked Lady
The Wicked Lady
1983 · ⭐ 4.8
A Chorus of Disapproval
A Chorus of Disapproval
1989 · ⭐ 5.6
Breaking the Code
Breaking the Code
1996 · ⭐ 6
The Littlest Horse Thieves
The Littlest Horse Thieves
1976 · ⭐ 7.1
Run For Your Wife
Run For Your Wife
2012 · ⭐ 4.4
A Question of Attribution
A Question of Attribution
1991 · ⭐ 6.6
Waltz of the Toreadors
Waltz of the Toreadors
1962 · ⭐ 5.2
The Shell Seekers
The Shell Seekers
2007 · ⭐ 7.5
Mad Cows
Mad Cows
1999 · ⭐ 3.9
Stiff Upper Lips
Stiff Upper Lips
1998 · ⭐ 7.4
An Ideal Husband
An Ideal Husband
1999 · ⭐ 6.8
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009 · ⭐ 8
The Ghost of Greville Lodge
The Ghost of Greville Lodge
2000 · ⭐ 6
What Every Woman Wants
What Every Woman Wants
1954 · ⭐ 6
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982 · ⭐ 8
Absurd Person Singular
Absurd Person Singular
1985 · ⭐ 8
Sub Rosa
Sub Rosa
2014 · ⭐ 5.5
Fair Game
Fair Game
1994 · ⭐ 2
Consuming Passions
Consuming Passions
1988 · ⭐ 10
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014 · ⭐ 7
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990 · ⭐ 0
Revolting Rhymes
Revolting Rhymes
1990 · ⭐ 0
My Friend Walter
My Friend Walter
1992 · ⭐ 0
Home Cooking
Home Cooking
1986 · ⭐ 0
When We Are Married
When We Are Married
1987 · ⭐ 0
Dirty Beasts
Dirty Beasts
1990 · ⭐ 0
Outside Edge
Outside Edge
1982 · ⭐ 0
What the Butler Saw
What the Butler Saw
1987 · ⭐ 0