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Prunella Scales | |
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 Scales pictured in 2010 | |
| Born | Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth 22 June 1932 Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England |
| Education | Moira House Girls' School, Eastbourne; The Old Vic School; Ute Hagen, New York |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1952–2020 |
| Television | |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2, including Samuel West |
Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales[1][2] (née Illingworth; born 22 June 1932) is an English retired actor.[3] She portrayed Sybil Fawlty, the bossy wife of Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), in the BBC comedy Fawlty Towers and Queen Elizabeth II in Alan Bennett's A Question of Attribution (Screen One, BBC 1991), for which she was nominated for a British Academy Television Award.[4] She was also twice nominated at the Laurence Olivier Awards, in 1980 for Make and Break and in 1990 for Single Spies.[5][6] Additionally, she appeared in the documentary series Great Canal Journeys (2014–2021), travelling on narrowboats with her husband and fellow actor Timothy West.
- ^ The International Who's Who, 1997–98, Europa Publications, p. 1332.
- ^ The International Who's Who of Women 2002, 3rd edition, ed. Elizabeth Sleeman, Europa Publications, 2000 , p. 510.
- ^ Billen, Andrew (3 September 2024). "Prunella Scales: 'If I had an unhappy marriage, I'd be a different person'". The Times. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
"I'm an actor," she says
- ^ "BAFTA Awards 1992 Television Actress Nominees". Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ "Olivier Winners 1980". Olivier Awards. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ "Olivier Winners 1989/90". Olivier Awards. Retrieved 13 February 2025.