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...
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...
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Sub Rosa
as Madame
The Phone Call
as Joan
Run For Your Wife
as Woman in Pub
Horrid Henry: The Movie
as Great Aunt Greta
The Shell Seekers
as Dolly Keeling
Think
as Customer
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing
as Lady Moping
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Sybil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg
as Grace
Station Jim
as Queen Victoria
The Ghost of Greville Lodge
as Sarah
Mad Cows
as Dr. Minny Stinkler
An Ideal Husband
as Lady Markby
Stiff Upper Lips
as Aunt Agnes
Emma
as Miss Bates
Breaking the Code
as Sara Turing
Lord of Misrule
as Shirley
An Awfully Big Adventure
as Rose
Second Best
as Margery
Wolf
as Maude Waggins
Fair Game
as Marjorie
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
as Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (voice)
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
as Queen (voice)
My Friend Walter
as Aunt Ellie
Howards End
as Aunt Juley
A Question of Attribution
as H.M.Q.
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
as Fleecy Flock
Dirty Beasts
as Narrator
Revolting Rhymes
as Narrator