

2025-10-27
1932-06-2294 years, 4 months, and 12 days old
Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
No
Female
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.




| Title | ||||||
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Wolf | Maude Waggins | 6.1 | 1994-06-17 | 4.3113 | ||
The Shell Seekers | Dolly Keeling | 6.9 | 2007-10-18 | 1.084 | ||
Emma | Miss Bates | 6.6 | 1996-10-02 | 4.1737 | ||
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne | Moira O'Neill | 6.6 | 1987-12-23 | 1.3014 | ||
Waltz of the Toreadors | Estella Fitzjohn | 5 | 1962-04-12 | 1.045 | ||
Hobson's Choice | Vicky Hobson | 7.38 | 1954-04-19 | 1.8172 | ||
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing | Lady Moping | 0 | 2006-05-07 | 0.7025 | ||
Breaking the Code | Sara Turing | 5.6 | 1996-09-17 | 0.762 | ||
A Question of Attribution | H.M.Q. | 6.8 | 1991-10-20 | 0.9788 | ||
Stiff Upper Lips | Aunt Agnes | 5.6 | 1998-06-12 | 0.9883 |