Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

Acting

Birthday

1932/06/22 (92 years old)

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK

Also know as

Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales, Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth, پرونلا اسکیلز

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 ca...Read more

Acting
Wolf
6.1

(1994) Wolf

as Maude Waggins

The Shell Seekers
7.2

(2007) The Shell Seekers

as Dolly Keeling

Emma
6.6

(1996) Emma

as Miss Bates

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
6.7

(1987) The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

as Moira O'Neill

Waltz of the Toreadors
4.8

(1962) Waltz of the Toreadors

as Estella Fitzjohn

Hobson's Choice
7.4

(1954) Hobson's Choice

as Vicky Hobson

Mr. Loveday's Little Outing
0.0

(2006) Mr. Loveday's Little Outing

as Lady Moping

Breaking the Code
5.4

(1996) Breaking the Code

as Sara Turing

A Question of Attribution
6.6

(1991) A Question of Attribution

as H.M.Q.

Stiff Upper Lips
6.1

(1998) Stiff Upper Lips

as Aunt Agnes

Freddie as F.R.O.7.
5.1

(1992) Freddie as F.R.O.7.

as Queen (voice)

0.0

(2002) A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg

as Grace

A Chorus of Disapproval
5.2

(1989) A Chorus of Disapproval

as Hannah Ap Llewellyn

Consuming Passions
8.0

(1988) Consuming Passions

as Ethel

What the Butler Saw
1.0

(1987) What the Butler Saw

as Mrs Prentice

The Phone Call
7.3

(2013) The Phone Call

as Joan

Fawlty Towers Revisited
0.0

(2005) Fawlty Towers Revisited

as Herself

An Ideal Husband
6.5

(1999) An Ideal Husband

as Lady Markby

Second Best
6.7

(1994) Second Best

as Margery

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
8.0

(2014) 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

as Self

Dirty Beasts
0.0

(1990) Dirty Beasts

as Narrator

Revolting Rhymes
0.0

(1990) Revolting Rhymes

as Narrator

The Wicked Lady
4.8

(1983) The Wicked Lady

as Lady Kingsclere

Run For Your Wife
4.2

(2012) Run For Your Wife

as Woman in Pub

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
8.0

(2009) Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

as Self / Sybil Fawlty

The Littlest Horse Thieves
6.9

(1976) The Littlest Horse Thieves

as Mrs. Sandman

An Audience with Alf Garnett
0.0

(1997) An Audience with Alf Garnett

as ---

Room at the Top
6.9

(1958) Room at the Top

as Council Office Worker (uncredited)

The Ghost of Greville Lodge
6.0

(2000) The Ghost of Greville Lodge

as ---

Beyond The Pale
0.0

(1989) Beyond The Pale

as Milly

Doris and Doreen
0.0

(1978) Doris and Doreen

as Doris Rutter

0.0

(1975) The Apple Cart

as Queen Jemima

What Every Woman Wants
6.0

(1954) What Every Woman Wants

as Mary

An Awfully Big Adventure
6.6

(1995) An Awfully Big Adventure

as Rose

7.0

(2001) Station Jim

as Queen Victoria

What the Pythons Did Next...
0.0

(2007) What the Pythons Did Next...

as Self

0.0

(1996) Lord of Misrule

as Shirley

Natural Causes
0.0

(1988) Natural Causes

as Celia Bryce

Fair Game
3.5

(1994) Fair Game

as Marjorie

Howards End
7.0

(1992) Howards End

as Aunt Juley

0.0

(1982) Outside Edge

as Miriam

Horrid Henry: The Movie
5.3

(2011) Horrid Henry: The Movie

as Great Aunt Greta

The Boys from Brazil
6.7

(1978) The Boys from Brazil

as Mrs. Harrington

The Hound of the Baskervilles
4.6

(1978) The Hound of the Baskervilles

as Glynis

Mad Cows
3.9

(1999) Mad Cows

as Dr. Minny Stinkler

The Merry Wives of Windsor
8.0

(1982) The Merry Wives of Windsor

as Mistress Page

6.0

(1953) Laxdale Hall

as Morag McLeod

My Friend Walter
0.0

(1992) My Friend Walter

as Aunt Ellie

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
0.0

(1990) The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

as Fleecy Flock

Home Cooking
0.0

(1986) Home Cooking

as Judith

Sub Rosa
5.0

(2014) Sub Rosa

as Madame

When We Are Married
0.0

(1987) When We Are Married

as Annie Parker

Absurd Person Singular
8.0

(1985) Absurd Person Singular

as Marion Brewster-Wright

Slimming Down
0.0

(1984) Slimming Down

as Mrs. Shrigley

The Achurch Letters
0.0

(1977) The Achurch Letters

as Florence Farr

Bosses From Hell
0.0

(1989) Bosses From Hell

as ---

Communicators From Hell
0.0

(1989) Communicators From Hell

as ---

Seven of One
7.0

(1973) Seven of One

as ---

Midsomer Murders
7.5

(1997) Midsomer Murders

as Eleanor Bunsall

Bergerac
6.5

(1981) Bergerac

as Gloria Gibbins

Fawlty Towers
8.3

(1975) Fawlty Towers

as Sybil Fawlty

Marriage Lines
5.0

(1961) Marriage Lines

as ---

Dalziel & Pascoe
6.4

(1996) Dalziel & Pascoe

as ---

After Henry
5.7

(1988) After Henry

as ---

Great Canal Journeys
8.8

(2014) Great Canal Journeys

as Self

Target
6.5

(1977) Target

as ---

The BBC Television Shakespeare
5.2

(1978) The BBC Television Shakespeare

as ---

Mapp & Lucia
6.0

(1985) Mapp & Lucia

as ---

0.0

(1997) Keeping Mum

as Marjorie

0.0

(1995) Look at the State We're In!

as Storyteller

5.5

(1986) Unnatural Causes

as Judith

The Royal
7.6

(2003) The Royal

as Red Admiral

1.0

(1988) Thompson

as ---

Lucky Feller
7.2

(1976) Lucky Feller

as ---

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
4.8

(1996) Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

as Mrs. Duffel

Dickens
0.0

(2002) Dickens

as ---

An Audience with...
5.3

(1978) An Audience with...

as Self

Casualty
6.0

(1986) Casualty

as Jocelyn Anderson

The World of Lee Evans
6.0

(1995) The World of Lee Evans

as Mother

The Rector's Wife
8.0

(1994) The Rector's Wife

as Marjorie Richardson

Signs and Wonders
0.0

(1995) Signs and Wonders

as Elizabeth Palmore

Silent Witness
7.6

(1996) Silent Witness

as Anne Parker

Loose Women
3.2

(1999) Loose Women

as Self

Pride and Prejudice
0.0

(1952) Pride and Prejudice

as Lydia Bennet

Thirty-Minute Theatre
3.8

(1965) Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Marie

Agatha Christie's Marple
7.6

(2004) Agatha Christie's Marple

as Mrs Mackenzie