Prunella Scales
ActingBorn: June 22, 1932 in 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 Grea...
All Credits99 Titles
Film
64 Titles
7.0
FILM
Howards End1992
6.1
FILM
Wolf1994
6.6
FILM
Emma1996
6.7
FILM
The Boys from Brazil1978
5.0
FILM
The Wicked Lady1983
5.2
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Horrid Henry: The Movie2011
6.9
FILM
Room at the Top1958
7.4
FILM
Hobson's Choice1954
5.6
FILM
Stiff Upper Lips1998
7.5
FILM
Station Jim2001
6.8
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Second Best1994
5.3
FILM
Freddie As F.R.O.7.1992
6.6
FILM
An Awfully Big Adventure1995
4.4
FILM
Mad Cows1999
4.4
FILM
The Hound of the Baskervilles1978
6.5
FILM
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy2005
Series
35 Titles
7.5
SERIES
Midsomer Murders1997–
7.5
SERIES
Silent Witness1996–
6.2
SERIES
Casualty1986–
7.8
SERIES
Agatha Christie's Marple2004–
6.7
SERIES
Bergerac1981–
5.3
SERIES
BBC Play of the Month1965–
7.0
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Playhouse1974–
5.3
SERIES
An Audience with...1978–
6.4
SERIES
Dalziel and Pascoe1996–
3.6
SERIES
Loose Women1999–
8.3
SERIES
Fawlty Towers1975–
4.3
SERIES
Thirty-Minute Theatre1965–
7.0
SERIES
Never the Twain1981–
6.0
SERIES
ScreenPlay1986–
7.0
SERIES
Target1977–
6.3
SERIES
After Henry1988–