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Prunella Scales

Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK

Gender

Female

Birthday

1932-06-22

Popularity

1.2

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.

Movie Credits

Wolf

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6.1

1994

Wolf

The Shell Seekers

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6.9

2007

The Shell Seekers

Emma

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6.6

1996

Emma

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

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6.6

1987

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

Waltz of the Toreadors

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5.0

1962

Waltz of the Toreadors

Hobson's Choice

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7.4

1954

Hobson's Choice

Mr. Loveday's Little Outing

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0.0

2006

Mr. Loveday's Little Outing

Breaking the Code

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5.6

1996

Breaking the Code

A Question of Attribution

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6.8

1991

A Question of Attribution

Stiff Upper Lips

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5.6

1998

Stiff Upper Lips

Freddie As F.R.O.7.

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5.2

1992

Freddie As F.R.O.7.

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

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0.0

2002

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

A Chorus of Disapproval

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5.4

1989

A Chorus of Disapproval

Consuming Passions

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8.3

1988

Consuming Passions

What the Butler Saw

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3.0

1987

What the Butler Saw

The Phone Call

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7.3

2013

The Phone Call

Fawlty Towers Revisited

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7.5

2005

Fawlty Towers Revisited

An Ideal Husband

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6.5

1999

An Ideal Husband

Second Best

‌

6.8

1994

Second Best

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

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8.0

2014

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

Dirty Beasts

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8.0

1990

Dirty Beasts

Revolting Rhymes

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8.0

1990

Revolting Rhymes

The Wicked Lady

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4.9

1983

The Wicked Lady

Run For Your Wife

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4.4

2012

Run For Your Wife

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

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8.4

2009

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

The Littlest Horse Thieves

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6.9

1976

The Littlest Horse Thieves

An Audience with Alf Garnett

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0.0

1997

An Audience with Alf Garnett

Room at the Top

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6.9

1958

Room at the Top

The Ghost of Greville Lodge

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7.0

2000

The Ghost of Greville Lodge

Beyond The Pale

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7.0

1989

Beyond The Pale

Doris and Doreen

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6.5

1978

Doris and Doreen

The Apple Cart

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0.0

1975

The Apple Cart

What Every Woman Wants

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6.6

1954

What Every Woman Wants

An Awfully Big Adventure

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6.5

1995

An Awfully Big Adventure

Station Jim

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7.5

2001

Station Jim

What the Pythons Did Next...

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0.0

2007

What the Pythons Did Next...

Lord of Misrule

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9.0

1996

Lord of Misrule

Natural Causes

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8.0

1988

Natural Causes

Fair Game

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5.0

1994

Fair Game

Howards End

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7.0

1992

Howards End

Outside Edge

‌

8.0

1982

Outside Edge

Horrid Henry: The Movie

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5.2

2011

Horrid Henry: The Movie

The Boys from Brazil

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6.7

1978

The Boys from Brazil

The Hound of the Baskervilles

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4.4

1978

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Mad Cows

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4.4

1999

Mad Cows

The Merry Wives of Windsor

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8.0

1982

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Laxdale Hall

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7.0

1953

Laxdale Hall

My Friend Walter

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7.0

1992

My Friend Walter

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

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0.0

1990

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

Home Cooking

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0.0

1986

Home Cooking

Sub Rosa

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5.0

2014

Sub Rosa

When We Are Married

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7.0

1987

When We Are Married

Absurd Person Singular

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8.3

1985

Absurd Person Singular

Slimming Down

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0.0

1984

Slimming Down

The Achurch Letters

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0.0

1977

The Achurch Letters

Bosses From Hell

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0.0

1989

Bosses From Hell

Communicators From Hell

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0.0

1989

Communicators From Hell

The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers

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0.0

2025

The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers

The Crowded Day

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5.8

1954

The Crowded Day

Singles

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6.0

1983

Singles

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher

‌

0.0

1994

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher

Think

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0.0

2007

Think

The Ring of Truth

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0.0

1973

The Ring of Truth

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

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6.5

2005

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

Tv Credits

Midsomer Murders

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7.5

1997

Midsomer Murders

Bergerac

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7.0

1981

Bergerac

Fawlty Towers

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8.3

1975

Fawlty Towers

Great Canal Journeys

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8.8

2014

Great Canal Journeys

Keeping Mum

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0.0

1997

Keeping Mum

The Royal

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7.8

2003

The Royal

Thompson

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5.0

1988

Thompson

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

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6.3

1996

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

An Audience with...

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5.3

1978

An Audience with...

Casualty

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6.2

1986

Casualty

The World of Lee Evans

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7.0

1995

The World of Lee Evans

The Rector's Wife

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9.0

1994

The Rector's Wife

Signs and Wonders

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7.0

1995

Signs and Wonders

Silent Witness

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7.6

1996

Silent Witness

Loose Women

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3.4

1999

Loose Women

Thirty-Minute Theatre

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4.3

1965

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Agatha Christie's Marple

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7.8

2004

Agatha Christie's Marple

Theatre Night

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0.0

1985

Theatre Night

Never the Twain

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7.0

1981

Never the Twain

Playhouse

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7.0

1974

Playhouse

BBC Play of the Month

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5.2

1965

BBC Play of the Month

Target

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7.0

1977

Target

Dickens

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7.0

2002

Dickens

After Henry

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6.7

1988

After Henry

Look at the State We're In!

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0.0

1995

Look at the State We're In!

Seven of One

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7.3

1973

Seven of One

Faces of Jim

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0.0

1961

Faces of Jim

Mapp & Lucia

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6.3

1985

Mapp & Lucia

Country Matters

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4.6

1972

Country Matters

Marriage Lines

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7.0

1961

Marriage Lines

Unnatural Causes

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6.3

1986

Unnatural Causes

Dalziel and Pascoe

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6.4

1996

Dalziel and Pascoe

ScreenPlay

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6.0

1986

ScreenPlay

Screen One

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7.2

1989

Screen One

Looking for Victoria

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0.0

2003

Looking for Victoria

Weekend Playhouse

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0.0

1984

Weekend Playhouse

The BBC Television Shakespeare

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6.0

1978

The BBC Television Shakespeare

Film '72

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5.1

1971

Film '72

Pride and Prejudice

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9.0

1952

Pride and Prejudice

S.W.A.L.K.

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0.5

1982

S.W.A.L.K.

Pickersgill People

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0.0

1978

Pickersgill People

Mr. Big

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7.0

1977

Mr. Big