
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.
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.
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The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers
Character:
Release Date:31/05/2025

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Character:Self
Release Date:24/05/2014

Sub Rosa
Character:Madame
Release Date:01/01/2014

The Phone Call
Character:Joan
Release Date:20/10/2013

Run For Your Wife
Character:Woman in Pub
Release Date:16/05/2012

Horrid Henry: The Movie
Character:Great Aunt Greta
Release Date:29/07/2011

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
Character:Self / Sybil Fawlty
Release Date:10/05/2009

The Shell Seekers
Character:Dolly Keeling
Release Date:18/10/2007

What the Pythons Did Next...
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2007

Mr. Loveday's Little Outing
Character:Lady Moping
Release Date:07/05/2006

Fawlty Towers Revisited
Character:Herself
Release Date:01/12/2005

A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg
Character:Grace
Release Date:13/03/2002

Station Jim
Character:Queen Victoria
Release Date:30/12/2001

The Ghost of Greville Lodge
Character:Sarah
Release Date:06/10/2000

Mad Cows
Character:Dr. Minny Stinkler
Release Date:29/10/1999

An Ideal Husband
Character:Lady Markby
Release Date:18/05/1999

Stiff Upper Lips
Character:Aunt Agnes
Release Date:12/06/1998

An Audience with Alf Garnett
Character:
Release Date:05/04/1997

Emma
Character:Miss Bates
Release Date:02/10/1996

Breaking the Code
Character:Sara Turing
Release Date:17/09/1996

Lord of Misrule
Character:Shirley
Release Date:06/05/1996

An Awfully Big Adventure
Character:Rose
Release Date:11/05/1995

Second Best
Character:Margery
Release Date:30/09/1994

Wolf
Character:Maude Waggins
Release Date:17/06/1994

Fair Game
Character:Marjorie
Release Date:11/06/1994

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
Character:Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (voice)
Release Date:01/04/1994

Freddie As F.R.O.7.
Character:Queen (voice)
Release Date:14/08/1992

My Friend Walter
Character:Aunt Ellie
Release Date:24/04/1992

Howards End
Character:Aunt Juley
Release Date:13/03/1992

A Question of Attribution
Character:H.M.Q.
Release Date:20/10/1991

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
Character:Fleecy Flock
Release Date:26/12/1990

Dirty Beasts
Character:Narrator
Release Date:02/01/1990

Revolting Rhymes
Character:Narrator
Release Date:02/01/1990

Beyond The Pale
Character:Milly
Release Date:30/08/1989

A Chorus of Disapproval
Character:Hannah Ap Llewellyn
Release Date:18/08/1989

Bosses From Hell
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Release Date:01/01/1989

Communicators From Hell
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Release Date:01/01/1989

Natural Causes
Character:Celia Bryce
Release Date:11/09/1988

Consuming Passions
Character:Ethel
Release Date:06/04/1988

When We Are Married
Character:Annie Parker
Release Date:26/12/1987

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Character:Moira O'Neill
Release Date:23/12/1987

What the Butler Saw
Character:Mrs Prentice
Release Date:23/05/1987

Home Cooking
Character:Judith
Release Date:08/11/1986

Absurd Person Singular
Character:Marion Brewster-Wright
Release Date:01/01/1985

Slimming Down
Character:Mrs. Shrigley
Release Date:30/06/1984

The Wicked Lady
Character:Lady Kingsclere
Release Date:21/04/1983

Singles
Character:Gail
Release Date:11/04/1983

The Merry Wives of Windsor
Character:Mistress Page
Release Date:28/12/1982

Outside Edge
Character:Miriam
Release Date:19/12/1982

Doris and Doreen
Character:Doris Rutter
Release Date:16/12/1978

The Boys from Brazil
Character:Mrs. Harrington
Release Date:05/10/1978

The Hound of the Baskervilles
Character:Glynis
Release Date:01/08/1978

The Achurch Letters
Character:Florence Farr
Release Date:12/01/1977

The Littlest Horse Thieves
Character:Mrs. Sandman
Release Date:26/05/1976

The Apple Cart
Character:Queen Jemima
Release Date:19/01/1975

Waltz of the Toreadors
Character:Estella Fitzjohn
Release Date:12/04/1962

Room at the Top
Character:Council Office Worker (uncredited)
Release Date:29/12/1958

The Crowded Day
Character:Customer
Release Date:01/10/1954

What Every Woman Wants
Character:Mary
Release Date:10/06/1954

Hobson's Choice
Character:Vicky Hobson
Release Date:19/04/1954

Laxdale Hall
Character:Morag McLeod
Release Date:01/04/1953

Great Canal Journeys
Character:Self

Agatha Christie's Marple
Character:Mrs Mackenzie

The Royal
Character:Red Admiral

Dickens
Character:Elizabeth Dickens

Loose Women
Character:Self

Keeping Mum
Character:Marjorie

Midsomer Murders
Character:Eleanor Bunsall

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
Character:Mrs. Duffel

Dalziel & Pascoe
Character:

Silent Witness
Character:Anne Parker

The World of Lee Evans
Character:Mother

Look at the State We're In!
Character:Storyteller

Signs and Wonders
Character:Elizabeth Palmore

The Rector's Wife
Character:Marjorie Richardson

Thompson
Character:

After Henry
Character:Sarah France

Unnatural Causes
Character:Judith

Casualty
Character:Jocelyn Anderson

Theatre Night
Character:Mrs. Prentice

Mapp & Lucia
Character:

Bergerac
Character:Gloria Gibbins

Never the Twain
Character:Susan Peel

An Audience with...
Character:Self

Target
Character:Diana Blake

Lucky Feller
Character:

Fawlty Towers
Character:Sybil Fawlty

Playhouse
Character:Florence Farr

Seven of One
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BBC Play of the Month
Character:Queen Jemima

Thirty-Minute Theatre
Character:Marie

Marriage Lines
Character:

Pride and Prejudice
Character:Lydia Bennet