Prunella Scales
Prunella Scales | |
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Scales pictured in 2010 | |
| Born | Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth 22 June 1932 Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England |
| Education | Moira House Girls' School, Eastbourne; The Old Vic School; Ute Hagen, New York |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1952–2020 |
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| Spouse | |
| Children | 2, including Samuel West |
Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales (née Illingworth; born 22 June 1932) is an English retired actress. She portrayed Sybil Fawlty, the bossy wife of Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), in the BBC comedy Fawlty Towers and Queen Elizabeth II in Alan Bennett's A Question of Attribution (Screen One, BBC 1991), for which she was nominated for a British Academy Television Award.
She was also twice nominated at the Laurence Olivier Awards, in 1980 for Make and Break and in 1990 for Single Spies. Additionally, she appeared in the documentary series Great Canal Journeys (2014–2021), travelling on narrowboats with her husband and fellow actor Timothy West.