Prunella Scales

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Prunella Scales, CBE is an English actress best known for her role as Basil Fawlty’s wife Sybil in the British comedy Fawlty Towers and her BAFTA award-nominated role as Queen Elizabeth II in A Question of Attribution by Alan Bennett. IMDB Wikipedia $2 million 1932 5 ft 3 in (1.61 m) Abinger Actors Actress England Joseph West Juliet West June 22 Moira House Girls School Pru Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth Prunella Scales Prunella Scales CBE Prunella Scales Net Worth Samuel West Sutton Abinger Timothy West Timothy West (m. 1963) United Kingdom

Prunella Scales Quick Info

Full Name Prunella Scales
Net Worth $2 Million
Date Of Birth June 22, 1932
Place Of Birth Sutton Abinger, Abinger, United Kingdom
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.61 m)
Profession Actress
Education Moira House Girls School
Nationality England
Spouse Timothy West (m. 1963)
Children Samuel West, Juliet West, Joseph West
Parents Catherine Scales, John Richardson Illingworth
Nicknames Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth , Pru , Prunella Scales CBE
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0768795
Nominations British Academy Television Award for Best Actress, Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress, Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Movies Hobson’s Choice, Howards End, Stiff Upper Lips, Horrid Henry: The Movie, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, A Question of Attribution, The Wicked Lady, The Boys from Brazil, Waltz of the Toreadors, The Ghost of Greville Lodge, An Awfully Big Adventure, Consuming Passions, The Hound of the Baskervi…
TV Shows After Henry, Mapp and Lucia, Fawlty Towers, Marriage Lines

Prunella Scales Quotes

  • The joy of being an actor is to deliver good writing to people.” “The agony of doing Shakespeare is that you can’t ask him what he meant.

Prunella Scales Important Facts

  • In January 2013, she revealed that she had begun to suffer from short term memory loss and was unable to remember the years in which her sons were born or the year she married her husband, Timothy West. In March 2014, West announced that his wife was suffering from mild Alzheimer’s disease, however, by August 2015, her condition had worsened to the point where she could no longer remember any details about their wedding or their married life together.
  • (1998 – present) Fronting British TV advertising campaign for Tesco as a fussy mother alongside her long-suffering daughter played by TV comedienne and actress Jane Horrocks. [1998]
  • Daughter-in-law of Lockwood West.
  • Has a photographic memory.
  • Longtime friend of Fawlty Towers (1975) co-star, comedian John Cleese.
  • She played Queen Victoria in Looking for Victoria (2003). Her son Samuel West had previously played Prince Albert Victor Edward, Duke of Clarence, Queen Victoria’s grandson, in both Edward the King (1975) and The Ripper (1997) while her husband Timothy West played the eponymous role of Queen Victoria’s eldest son and eventual successor in the former.
  • In October of 2003, she became seriously ill and was taken to the hospital for emergency heart operation (angioplasty).
  • She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1992 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for her services to drama while her husband, Timothy West, was awarded his CBE in the 1984 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
  • Achieved her greatest success on TV as the nosy, shrewish wife “Sybil Fawlty” on the classic John Cleese comedy Fawlty Towers (1975).
  • British classical stage actress trained at both the Old Vic Theatre School in London and the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York.
  • She was awarded the Patricia Rothermere Award at the 2001 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for her contributions to British Theatre.
  • Has a step-daughter named Juliet West.
  • Mother of Joseph West and Samuel West.

Prunella Scales Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
Sub Rosa 2014/II Short Actress
The Phone Call 2013 Short Joan Actress
The Ogre Hunters 2013 Short Actress
Stranger Danger 2012 Short Violet Mangham Actress
Run for Your Wife 2012 Woman at Pub Actress
Horrid Henry: The Movie 2011 Great Aunt Greta Actress
The Royal 2011 TV Series Red Admiral Actress
Agatha Christie’s Marple 2008 TV Series Mrs Mackenzie Actress
Think. What Does it Take to Change a Habit? 2007 Short Customer Actress
The Shell Seekers 2006 TV Movie Dolly Keeling Actress
Helix 2006 Short Gemima Barrington-Law Actress
Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing 2006 TV Movie Lady Moping Actress
Where the Heart Is 2005 TV Series Hattie Dymchurch Actress
Casualty 2004 TV Series Jocelyn Anderson Actress
Brand Spanking 2004 Short Voice of Morphinalax Actress
Looking for Victoria 2003 TV Movie Presenter / Queen Victoria Actress
Johnny English 2003 The Queen (uncredited) Actress
Dickens 2002 TV Series Elizabeth Dickens Actress
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg 2002 TV Movie Grace Actress
Station Jim 2001 TV Movie Queen Victoria Actress
Silent Witness 2001 TV Series Anne Parker Actress
Animated Tales of the World 2001 TV Series Narrator Actress
The Ghost of Greville Lodge 2000 Sarah Actress
Midsomer Murders 2000 TV Series Eleanor Bunsall Actress
The Big Knights 1999 TV Series Queen Melissa (voice) Actress
Mad Cows 1999 Dr. Minny Stinkler Actress
An Ideal Husband 1999/II Lady Markby Actress
Stiff Upper Lips 1998 Aunt Agnes Actress
Keeping Mum 1998 TV Series Marjorie Actress
Dennis the Menace 1998 TV Series Mrs. Duffel Actress
Phoenix 1997 Short The Client Actress
Emma 1996 TV Movie Miss Bates Actress
Breaking the Code 1996 TV Movie Sara Turing Actress
Dalziel and Pascoe 1996 TV Series Edith Disney Actress
Lord of Misrule 1996 TV Movie Shirley Actress
Searching 1995 TV Series Mrs. Tilston Actress
Look at the State We’re In! 1995 TV Mini-Series Storyteller Actress
Signs and Wonders 1995 TV Series Elizabeth Palmore Actress
An Awfully Big Adventure 1995 Rose Actress
The World of Lee Evans 1995 TV Series Mother Actress
Sherwood’s Travels 1994 Actress
Second Best 1994 Margery Actress
Wolf 1994 Maude Actress
Fair Game 1994 TV Movie Marjorie Actress
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends 1994 TV Series Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle Actress
The Rector’s Wife 1994 TV Mini-Series Marjorie Richardson Actress
Woodcock 1994 TV Movie Captain Actress
After Henry 1988-1992 TV Series Sarah France Actress
Freddie as F.R.O.7. 1992 Queen / Additional Voices (voice) Actress
My Friend Walter 1992 TV Movie Aunt Elle Actress
Howards End 1992 Aunt Juley Actress
Screen One 1991 TV Series H.M.Q. Actress
Dirty Beasts 1990 TV Movie Narrator Actress
Screenplay 1989 TV Series Milly Actress
A Chorus of Disapproval 1989 Hannah Ap Llewellyn Actress
Thompson 1988 TV Series Actress
Natural Causes 1988 TV Movie Celia Bryce Actress
Consuming Passions 1988 Ethel Actress
When We Are Married 1987 TV Movie Annie Parker Actress
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne 1987 Moira O’Neill Actress
Theatre Night 1987 TV Series Mrs Prentice Actress
Unnatural Causes 1986 TV Series Judith Actress
Mapp & Lucia 1985-1986 TV Series Miss Elizabeth Mapp Actress
Absurd Person Singular 1985 TV Movie Marion Brewster-Wright Actress
Weekend Playhouse 1984 TV Series Olive Dodd Actress
The Wicked Lady 1983 Lady Kingsclere Actress
The Merry Wives of Windsor 1982 TV Movie Mistress Page Actress
Outside Edge 1982 TV Movie Miriam Actress
S.W.A.L.K. 1982 TV Series Aunt Patty Actress
Never the Twain 1982 TV Series Susan Peel Actress
Wagner 1981 TV Series Frau Pollert Actress
Bergerac 1981 TV Series Gloria Gibbins Actress
Good King Memorex 1979 Video Sybil Fawlty Actress
Fawlty Towers 1975-1979 TV Series Sybil Fawlty Actress
Doris and Doreen 1978 TV Movie Doris Rutter Actress
The Boys from Brazil 1978 Mrs. Harrington Actress
Target 1978 TV Series Diana Blake Actress
The Hound of the Baskervilles 1978 Glynis Actress
Pickersgill People 1978 TV Series Mavis Blackhead Actress
Mr. Big 1977 TV Series Dolly Actress
BBC2 Playhouse 1977 TV Series Florence Farr Actress
Lucky Feller 1976 TV Series Farmer’s Wife Actress
The Littlest Horse Thieves 1976 Mrs. Sandman Actress
Decisions, Decisions 1975 Video short Actress
BBC Play of the Month 1975 TV Series Queen Jemima Actress
Comedy Playhouse 1974 TV Series Dolly Actress
Crime of Passion 1973 TV Series Adele Breteau Actress
7 of 1 1973 TV Series Marion Joyce Actress
Country Matters 1973 TV Mini-Series Babs Pickard Actress
Full House 1973 TV Series Thelma Actress
Thirty-Minute Theatre 1971 TV Series Marie Actress
Jackanory 1970 TV Series Storyteller Actress
Horizon 1966 TV Series documentary Mother Actress
On the Margin 1966 TV Series Actress
The Marriage Lines 1961-1966 TV Series Kate Starling Actress
A Christmas Night with the Stars 1963-1964 TV Series Kate Starling – Marriage Lines segment
Kate Starling – The Marriage Lines segment
Actress
Call Oxbridge 2000 1962 TV Series Andrea Newton Actress
Saki 1962 TV Mini-Series Mrs. Lapping Actress
Waltz of the Toreadors 1962 Estella Fitzjohn Actress
The Seven Faces of Jim 1961 TV Series Laura Morrell Actress
She Died Young 1961 TV Movie Harriet Green Actress
Coronation Street 1961 TV Series Eileen Hughes Actress
ITV Television Playhouse 1955-1960 TV Series Joy Miller / Mrs. Pepys / Gabrielle Actress
Saturday Playhouse 1958-1960 TV Series Joan Deal / Lucy Actress
Inside Story 1960 TV Series Jean Actress
BBC Sunday-Night Play 1960 TV Mini-Series Maud Murch Actress
The Secret Garden 1960 TV Series Martha Actress
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre 1954-1959 TV Series Susan / Prudence Buckland Actress
ITV Play of the Week 1957-1959 TV Series Grace Kennion / Morag Actress
Room at the Top 1959 Council Office Worker (uncredited) Actress
Champion Road 1958 TV Series Betty Gray Actress
Television World Theatre 1958 TV Series Dunyasha Actress
Shop Spoiled 1954 Customer Actress
What Every Woman Wants 1954 Mary Actress
Hobson’s Choice 1954 Vicky Hobson Actress
Scotch on the Rocks 1953 Morag McLeod Actress
Pride and Prejudice 1952 TV Mini-Series Lydia Bennet Actress
A Chorus of Disapproval 1989 performer: “O Jenny, O Jenny, Where Hast Thou Been?”, “Youth’s the Season” – uncredited Soundtrack
The Actor’s Apprenticeship 2017 Documentary post-production Self
Great Canal Journeys 2014-2016 TV Series Herself – Presenter Self
Piers Morgan’s Life Stories 2015 TV Series Herself – Timothy’s Wife Self
50 Years of BBC2 Comedy 2014 TV Movie documentary Self
Richard Briers: A Tribute 2013 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
Britain’s Funniest Comedy Characters 2012 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
Fawlty Exclusive: Basil’s Best Bits 2009 TV Movie documentary Herself / Sybil Fawlty Self
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened 2009 TV Movie documentary Herself / Sybil Fawlty Self
Timeshift 2008 TV Series documentary Herself Self
The British Soap Awards 2008 2008 TV Special Herself – Presenter Self
Children in Need 2007 TV Series Herself / Sybil Fawlty Self
A Taste of My Life 2007 TV Series documentary Herself Self
The Comedy Map of Britain 2007 TV Series documentary Herself Self
Loose Women 2000-2007 TV Series Herself Self
This Week 2007 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
What the Pythons Did Next… 2007 TV Movie documentary Herself (as Prunella Scales CBE) Self
Britain’s Funniest Comedy Characters 2006 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
An Audience with Coronation Street 2006 TV Movie documentary Herself – Audience Member Self
The King’s Head: A Maverick in London 2006 Video documentary Herself Self
The Ultimate Sitcom 2006 TV Movie documentary Self
Fawlty Towers Revisited 2005 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
Breakfast 2005 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
‘Fawlty Towers’ @ 30 2005 TV Movie Herself Self
The Royal Wedding of HRH the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles 2005 TV Movie Herself Self
The Funny Ladies of British Comedy 2004 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
Essential Poems for Christmas 2004 TV Movie Herself – Reader Self
Good Morning Australia 2004 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
A History of Britain 2002 TV Mini-Series documentary Queen Victoria Self
Top Ten 2001 TV Series documentary Herself Self
This Morning 2001 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
The Human Face 2001 TV Mini-Series documentary Pet Shop Owner Self
Funny Turns 2000 TV Series documentary Herself Self
Funny Women 1998 TV Series documentary short Herself Self
Light Lunch 1997 TV Series Herself Self
The Sunday Programme 1997 TV Series Herself Self
An Audience with Alf Garnett 1997 TV Movie Herself – Audience Member Self
The Animal Family 1996 TV Movie documentary Narrator – part 1 (voice) Self
Aspel & Company 1992 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
Forty Minutes 1990 TV Series documentary Narrator Self
Everyman 1988 TV Series documentary Herself – Presenter Self
Whodunnit? 1977 TV Series Herself – Panellist Self
Call My Bluff 1967-1977 TV Series Herself Self
An Evening with… 1970 TV Series Herself – Guest Reader Self
Britain’s Best Loved Sitcoms 2015 TV Series documentary Sybil Fawlty Archive Footage
Stars on the Street 2009 TV Movie documentary Eileen Hughes (uncredited) Archive Footage
Live from Studio Five 2009 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Alan Bennett Interview 2009 Video documentary short H.M.Q. (uncredited) Archive Footage
Auntie’s Bloomers 1991 TV Series documentary Herself Archive Footage

Prunella Scales Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
1992 BAFTA TV Award BAFTA Awards Best Actress Screen One (1985) Won
1992 BAFTA TV Award BAFTA Awards Best Actress Screen One (1985) Nominated