1932-06-22 Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales CBE (née Illingworth) 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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Fawlty Towers: A Very British Comedy | 2025-05-31 | |
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Sub Rosa | Madame | 2014-01-01 |
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50 Years of BBC Two Comedy | Self | 2014-05-24 |
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The Phone Call | Joan | 2013-10-20 |
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Run For Your Wife | Woman in Pub | 2012-05-16 |
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Horrid Henry: The Movie | Great Aunt Greta | 2011-07-29 |
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Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened | Self / Sybil Fawlty | 2009-05-10 |
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The Shell Seekers | Dolly Keeling | 2007-10-18 |
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What the Pythons Did Next... | Self | 2007-01-01 |
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Mr. Loveday's Little Outing | Lady Moping | 2006-05-07 |
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Fawlty Towers Revisited | Herself | 2005-12-01 |
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A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg | Grace | 2002-03-13 |
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Station Jim | Queen Victoria | 2001-12-30 |
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The Ghost of Greville Lodge | 2000-10-06 | |
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An Ideal Husband | Lady Markby | 1999-05-18 |
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Mad Cows | Dr. Minny Stinkler | 1999-10-29 |
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Stiff Upper Lips | Aunt Agnes | 1998-06-12 |
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An Audience with Alf Garnett | 1997-04-05 | |
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Lord of Misrule | Shirley | 1996-05-06 |
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Emma | Miss Bates | 1996-10-02 |
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Breaking the Code | Sara Turing | 1996-09-17 |
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An Awfully Big Adventure | Rose | 1995-05-11 |
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Wolf | Maude Waggins | 1994-06-17 |
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Fair Game | Marjorie | 1994-06-11 |
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Second Best | Margery | 1994-09-30 |
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My Friend Walter | Aunt Ellie | 1992-04-24 |
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Howards End | Aunt Juley | 1992-03-13 |
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Freddie as F.R.O.7. | Queen (voice) | 1992-08-14 |
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A Question of Attribution | H.M.Q. | 1991-10-20 |
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Revolting Rhymes | Narrator | 1990-01-02 |
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Dirty Beasts | Narrator | 1990-01-02 |
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The Tale of Little Pig Robinson | Fleecy Flock | 1990-12-26 |
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Bosses From Hell | 1989-01-01 | |
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Communicators From Hell | 1989-01-01 | |
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Beyond The Pale | Milly | 1989-08-30 |
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A Chorus of Disapproval | Hannah Ap Llewellyn | 1989-08-18 |
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Natural Causes | Celia Bryce | 1988-09-11 |
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Consuming Passions | Ethel | 1988-04-06 |
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What the Butler Saw | Mrs Prentice | 1987-05-23 |
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When We Are Married | Annie Parker | 1987-12-26 |
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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne | Moira O'Neill | 1987-12-23 |
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Home Cooking | Judith | 1986-11-08 |
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Absurd Person Singular | Marion Brewster-Wright | 1985-01-01 |
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Slimming Down | Mrs. Shrigley | 1984-06-30 |
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The Wicked Lady | Lady Kingsclere | 1983-04-21 |
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The Merry Wives of Windsor | Mistress Page | 1982-12-28 |
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Outside Edge | Miriam | 1982-12-19 |
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The Boys from Brazil | Mrs. Harrington | 1978-10-05 |
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The Hound of the Baskervilles | Glynis | 1978-08-01 |
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Doris and Doreen | Doris Rutter | 1978-12-16 |
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The Achurch Letters | Florence Farr | 1977-01-12 |
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The Littlest Horse Thieves | Mrs. Sandman | 1976-05-26 |
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The Apple Cart | Queen Jemima | 1975-01-19 |
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Waltz of the Toreadors | Estella Fitzjohn | 1962-04-12 |
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Room at the Top | Council Office Worker (uncredited) | 1958-12-29 |
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What Every Woman Wants | Mary | 1954-06-10 |
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The Crowded Day | Customer | 1954-10-01 |
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Hobson's Choice | Vicky Hobson | 1954-04-19 |
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Laxdale Hall | Morag McLeod | 1953-04-01 |
