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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 canal barges and narrowboats with her husband, fellow actor Timothy West.
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Known For
Howards End
(1992)
Aunt Juley
Wolf
(1994)
Maude Waggins
Emma
(1996)
Miss Bates
The Boys from Brazil
(1978)
Mrs. Harrington
Room at the Top
(1959)
Council Office Worker (uncredited)
Horrid Henry: The Movie
(2011)
Great Aunt Greta
An Awfully Big Adventure
(1995)
Rose
Sub Rosa
(2014)
Madame
Full Filmography
Acting
Laxdale Hall
(1953)
Morag McLeod
Hobson's Choice
(1954)
Vicky Hobson
What Every Woman Wants
(1954)
Mary
Room at the Top
(1959)
Council Office Worker (uncredited)
Waltz of the Toreadors
(1962)
Estella Fitzjohn
The Apple Cart
(1975)
Queen Jemima
The Littlest Horse Thieves
(1976)
Mrs. Sandman
Doris and Doreen
(1978)
Doris Rutter
The Boys from Brazil
(1978)
Mrs. Harrington
The Hound of the Baskervilles
(1978)
Glynis
Outside Edge
(1982)
Miriam
The Merry Wives of Windsor
(1982)
Mistress Page
The Wicked Lady
(1983)
Lady Kingsclere
Absurd Person Singular
(1985)
Marion Brewster-Wright
Home Cooking
(1986)
Judith
When We Are Married
(1987)
Annie Parker
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
(1987)
Moira O'Neill
What the Butler Saw
(1987)
Mrs Prentice
Natural Causes
(1988)
Celia Bryce
Consuming Passions
(1988)
Ethel
A Chorus of Disapproval
(1989)
Hannah Ap Llewellyn
Beyond The Pale
(1989)
Milly
Dirty Beasts
(1990)
Narrator
Revolting Rhymes
(1990)
Narrator
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
(1990)
Fleecy Flock
A Question of Attribution
(1991)
H.M.Q.
Howards End
(1992)
Aunt Juley
Freddie as F.R.O.7.
(1992)
Queen (voice)
My Friend Walter
(1992)
Aunt Ellie
Wolf
(1994)
Maude Waggins
Second Best
(1994)
Margery
Fair Game
(1994)
Marjorie
An Awfully Big Adventure
(1995)
Rose
Lord of Misrule
(1996)
Breaking the Code
(1996)
Sara Turing
Emma
(1996)
Miss Bates
An Audience with Alf Garnett
(1997)
Stiff Upper Lips
(1998)
Aunt Agnes
An Ideal Husband
(1999)
Lady Markby
Mad Cows
(1999)
Dr. Minny Stinkler
The Ghost of Greville Lodge
(2000)
Station Jim
(2001)
Queen Victoria
A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg
(2002)
Grace
Fawlty Towers Revisited
(2005)
Herself
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing
(2006)
Lady Moping
The Shell Seekers
(2007)
Dolly Keeling
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
(2009)
Self / Sybil Fawlty
Horrid Henry: The Movie
(2011)
Great Aunt Greta
Run For Your Wife
(2012)
Woman in Pub
The Phone Call
(2013)
Joan
Sub Rosa
(2014)
Madame
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
(2014)
Self