Prunella Scales

Nato il 22 giugno 1932 a Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK, morto il 27 ottobre 2025.

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.

Fawlty Towers (8.3) Serie · 1975 come Sybil Fawlty

Hobson il tiranno (7.4) Hobson's Choice Film · 1954 come Vicky Hobson

The Phone Call (7.3) Film · 2013 come Joan

Casa Howard (7.0) Howards End Film · 1992 come Aunt Juley

The Ghost of Greville Lodge (7.0) Film · 2000 come Sarah

La strada dei quartieri alti (6.9) Room at the Top Film · 1958 come Council Office Worker (uncredited)

Piccoli ladri di cavalli (6.9) The Littlest Horse Thieves Film · 1976 come Mrs. Sandman

I cercatori di conchiglie (6.9) The Shell Seekers Film · 2007 come Dolly Keeling

A Question of Attribution (6.8) Film · 1991 come H.M.Q.

I ragazzi venuti dal Brasile (6.7) The Boys from Brazil Film · 1978 come Mrs. Harrington

Un padre in prestito (6.7) Second Best Film · 1994 come Margery

After Henry (6.7) Serie · 1988 come Sarah France

Emma (6.6) Film · 1996 come Miss Bates

La segreta passione di Judith Hearne (6.6) The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne Film · 1987 come Moira O'Neill

What Every Woman Wants (6.6) Film · 1954 come Mary

Un'avventura terribilmente complicata (6.5) An Awfully Big Adventure Film · 1995 come Rose

An Ideal Husband (6.5) Film · 1999 come Lady Markby

Mapp & Lucia (6.2) Serie · 1985 come Miss Elizabeth Mapp

Wolf - La belva è fuori (6.1) Wolf Film · 1994 come Maude Waggins

The Crowded Day (5.8) Film · 1954 come Customer

Breaking the Code (5.6) Film · 1996 come Sara Turing

Stiff Upper Lips (5.6) Film · 1998 come Aunt Agnes

L'opera del seduttore (5.4) A Chorus of Disapproval Film · 1989 come Hannah Ap Llewellyn

Horrid Henry - Piccola peste (5.2) Horrid Henry: The Movie Film · 2011 come Great Aunt Greta

Freddie the Frog (5.2) Freddie As F.R.O.7. Film · 1992 come Queen (voice)

Il generale non si arrende (5.0) Waltz of the Toreadors Film · 1962 come Estella Fitzjohn

Fair Game (5.0) Film · 1994 come Marjorie

L'avventuriera perversa (4.9) The Wicked Lady Film · 1983 come Lady Kingsclere

Il cagnaccio dei Baskervilles (4.4) The Hound of the Baskervilles Film · 1978 come Glynis

Run For Your Wife (4.4) Film · 2012 come Woman in Pub

Mad Cows (4.4) Film · 1999 come Dr. Minny Stinkler