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Prunella Scales
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.
Known for
7.0Howards End
1992
6.1Wolf
1994
6.6Emma
1996
4.8Fair Game
1994
6.7The Boys from Brazil
1978
4.4Mad Cows
1999
5.0Sub Rosa
2014
7.4Hobson's Choice
1954
5.2Horrid Henry: The Movie
2011
6.9Room at the Top
1958
6.6The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987
4.4The Hound of the Baskervilles
1978
Dirty Beasts
1990
8.0The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
5.0The Wicked Lady
1983
6.5What Every Woman Wants
1954
6.8Second Best
1994
4.4Run For Your Wife
2012
8.050 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
Communicators From Hell
1989