1932-06-22 Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales CBE (née Illingworth; 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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The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers | 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 |
