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Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales CBE (née Illingworth; born 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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Filmography
all 82
Movies 54
TV Shows 28
self 5
Narrator 2
Voice 1
Queen Melissa
The Big Knights (2015)
Movie
Self
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy (2014)
Movie
Self - Host / Self - Presenter
Great Canal Journeys (2014)
TV
Madame
Sub Rosa (2014)
Movie
Joan
The Phone Call (2013)
Movie
Woman in Pub
Run For Your Wife (2012)
Movie
Great Aunt Greta
Horrid Henry: The Movie (2011)
Movie
6
Self / Sybil Fawlty
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened (2009)
Movie
Dolly Keeling
The Shell Seekers (2007)
Movie
Lady Moping
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing (2006)
Movie
Herself
Fawlty Towers Revisited (2005)
Movie
Red Admiral
The Royal (2003)
TV
Dickens (2002)
TV
Grace
A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg (2002)
Movie
Queen Victoria
Station Jim (2001)
Movie
Pet Shop Owner
The Human Face (2001)
TV
8
Sarah
The Ghost of Greville Lodge (2000)
Movie
Queen Melissa
The Big Knights (1999)
TV
Dr. Minny Stinkler
Mad Cows (1999)
Movie
Lady Markby
An Ideal Husband (1999)
Movie
Aunt Agnes
Stiff Upper Lips (1998)
Movie
Marjorie
Keeping Mum (1997)
TV
An Audience with Alf Garnett (1997)
Movie
Eleanor Bunsall
Midsomer Murders (1997)
TV
6
Miss Bates
Emma (1996)
Movie
6
Sara Turing
Breaking the Code (1996)
Movie
Shirley
Lord of Misrule (1996)
Movie
Mrs. Duffel
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (1996)
TV
Dalziel & Pascoe (1996)
TV
6
Anne Parker
Silent Witness (1996)
TV
5.5
Rose
An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
Movie
Mother
The World of Lee Evans (1995)
TV
Storyteller
Look at the State We're In! (1995)
TV
Elizabeth Palmore
Signs and Wonders (1995)
TV
Margery
Second Best (1994)
Movie
Maude Waggins
Wolf (1994)
Movie
5.43
Marjorie
Fair Game (1994)
Movie
Actress
Sherwood's Travels (1994)
Movie
Marjorie Richardson
The Rector's Wife (1994)
TV
Queen (voice)
Freddie as F.R.O.7. (1992)
Movie
Aunt Elle
My Friend Walter (1992)
Movie
Aunt Juley
Howards End (1992)
Movie
6
H.M.Q.
A Question of Attribution (1991)
Movie
Fleecy Flock
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1990)
Movie
Narrator
Dirty Beasts (1990)
Movie
Narrator
Revolting Rhymes (1990)
Movie
Milly
Beyond The Pale (1989)
Movie
Hannah Ap Llewellyn
A Chorus of Disapproval (1989)
Movie
Thompson (1988)
TV
Celia Bryce
Natural Causes (1988)
Movie
Ethel
Consuming Passions (1988)
Movie
Sarah France
After Henry (1988)
TV
Annie Parker
When We Are Married (1987)
Movie
Moira O'Neill
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
Movie
Mrs. Prentice
What the Butler Saw (1987)
Movie
Judith
Unnatural Causes (1986)
TV
Judith
Home Cooking (1986)
Movie
Jocelyn Anderson
Casualty (1986)
TV
Marion Brewster-Wright
Absurd Person Singular (1985)
Movie
Miss Elizabeth Mapp
Mapp & Lucia (1985)
TV
Lady Kingsclere
The Wicked Lady (1983)
Movie
Mistress Page
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982)
Movie
Miriam
Outside Edge (1982)
Movie
Gloria Gibbins
Bergerac (1981)
TV
6
Doris
Doris and Doreen (1978)
Movie
BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
TV
Mrs. Harrington
The Boys from Brazil (1978)
Movie
5.61
Glynis
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
Movie
Self
An Audience with... (1978)
TV
Target (1977)
TV
Lucky Feller (1976)
TV
Mrs. Sandman
The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976)
Movie
Sybil Fawlty
Fawlty Towers (1975)
TV
6.7
Queen Jemima
The Apple Cart (1975)
Movie
Marion Joyce
Seven of One (1973)
TV
Estella Fitzjohn
Waltz of the Toreadors (1962)
Movie
Kate Starling
Marriage Lines (1961)
TV
Council Office Worker (uncredited)
Room at the Top (1959)
Movie
Mary
What Every Woman Wants (1954)
Movie
Vicky Hobson
Hobson's Choice (1954)
Movie
Morag McLeod
Laxdale Hall (1953)
Movie
Lydia Bennet
Pride and Prejudice (1952)
TV
Ratings
Average 5.69
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1983
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1987
2015
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1932-06-22 (91 years old)
Birth NamePrunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth
Birth PlaceAbinger, United Kingdom
SpouseTimothy West
ChildrenSamuel West
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
AwardsCommander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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