Prunella Scales
Biography
Prunella Margaret Rumney West (née Illingworth; 22 June 1932 – 27 October 2025), known professionally as Prunella Scales, was an English actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Sybil Fawlty in the BBC television sitcom Fawlty Towers (1975–1979) and her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in Alan Bennett's A Question of Attribution (1991), which earned her a BAFTA nomination. She later appeared in the TV documentary series Great Canal Journeys (2014–2019), travelling waterways in the UK and abroad with her husband, the actor Timothy West.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
141 releases · 33 albums · active 1961–2017
- Other credits · 217
- Performance · 5
Studios: Redwood Studios · The Audio Workshop · Melbourne Concert Hall · Motivation Sound Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Fawlty Towers
- Various
- Lou Wakefield
- Milton
- William Shakespeare
- John Cleese
- Jane Austen
- Shakespeare