Biography
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.
TV credits
Rated 8.8 out of 10
Great Canal Journeys
2014
Rated 7.8 out of 10
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
Rated 0.0 out of 10
Looking for Victoria
2003
Rated 7.8 out of 10
The Royal
2003
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Dickens
2002
Rated 3.4 out of 10
Loose Women
1999
Rated 0.0 out of 10
Keeping Mum
1997
Rated 7.5 out of 10
Midsomer Murders
1997
Rated 6.3 out of 10
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
1996
Rated 6.4 out of 10
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
Rated 7.6 out of 10
Silent Witness
1996
Rated 7.0 out of 10
The World of Lee Evans
1995
Rated 0.0 out of 10
Look at the State We're In!
1995
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Signs and Wonders
1995
Rated 9.0 out of 10
The Rector's Wife
1994
Rated 7.2 out of 10
Screen One
1989
Rated 5.0 out of 10
Thompson
1988
Rated 6.7 out of 10
After Henry
1988
Rated 6.3 out of 10
Unnatural Causes
1986
Rated 6.2 out of 10
Casualty
1986
Rated 6.0 out of 10
ScreenPlay
1986
Rated 0.0 out of 10
Theatre Night
1985
Rated 6.3 out of 10
Mapp & Lucia
1985
Rated 0.0 out of 10
Weekend Playhouse
1984