
Interprétation · Né(e) en 1932 · Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
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.

Sub Rosa
2014
2014 · Madame

The Phone Call
2013
2013 · Joan

Run For Your Wife
2012
2012 · Woman in Pub

Horrible Henry
2011
2011 · Great Aunt Greta

Les pêcheurs de coquillages
2007
2007 · Dolly Keeling
Think
2007
2007 · Customer

Mr. Loveday's Little Outing
2006
2006 · Lady Moping
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
2005 · Sybil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)

Miss Marple
2004
2004 · Mrs Mackenzie

The Royal
2003
2003 · Red Admiral

Dickens
2002
2002 · Elizabeth Dickens

A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg
2002
2002 · Grace

Station Jim
2001
2001 · Queen Victoria

The Ghost of Greville Lodge
2000
2000 · Sarah

Mad Cows
1999
1999 · Dr. Minny Stinkler

An Ideal Husband
1999
1999 · Lady Markby

Stiff Upper Lips
1998
1998 · Aunt Agnes

Keeping Mum
1997
1997 · Marjorie

Inspecteur Barnaby
1997
1997 · Eleanor Bunsall

Emma
1996
1996 · Miss Bates

Breaking the Code
1996
1996 · Sara Turing
Lord of Misrule
1996
1996 · Shirley

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
1996
1996 · Mrs. Duffel

Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
1996 · Edith Disney

Affaires non classées
1996
1996 · Anne Parker
Searching
1995
1995 · Mrs. Tilston

The World of Lee Evans
1995
1995 · Mother
Look at the State We're In!
1995
1995 · Storyteller

An Awfully Big Adventure
1995
1995 · Rose

Signs and Wonders
1995
1995 · Elizabeth Palmore

Second Best
1994
1994 · Margery

Wolf
1994
1994 · Maude Waggins

Fair Game
1994
1994 · Marjorie

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
1994
1994 · Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (voice)

The Rector's Wife
1994
1994 · Marjorie Richardson

Freddie, agent secret
1992
1992 · Queen (voice)

My Friend Walter
1992
1992 · Aunt Ellie

Retour à Howards End
1992
1992 · Aunt Juley

A Question of Attribution
1991
1991 · H.M.Q.

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990
1990 · Fleecy Flock

Screen One
1989
1989 · H.M.Q.

Beyond The Pale
1989
1989 · Milly

A Chorus of Disapproval
1989
1989 · Hannah Ap Llewellyn

Natural Causes
1988
1988 · Celia Bryce

Consuming Passions
1988
1988 · Ethel

After Henry
1988
1988 · Sarah France

When We Are Married
1987
1987 · Annie Parker

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987
1987 · Moira O'Neill

What the Butler Saw
1987
1987 · Mrs Prentice

Home Cooking
1986
1986 · Judith

Unnatural Causes
1986
1986 · Judith

Casualty
1986
1986 · Jocelyn Anderson

ScreenPlay
1986
1986 · Milly

Theatre Night
1985
1985 · Mrs. Prentice

Mapp & Lucia
1985
1985 · Miss Elizabeth Mapp

Absurd Person Singular
1985
1985 · Marion Brewster-Wright
Weekend Playhouse
1984
1984 · Olive Dodd

Slimming Down
1984
1984 · Mrs. Shrigley

La Dépravée
1983
1983 · Lady Kingsclere
Singles
1983
1983 · Gail

The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
1982 · Mistress Page

Outside Edge
1982
1982 · Miriam
S.W.A.L.K.
1982
1982 · Patti

Jim Bergerac, le flic de Jersey
1981
1981 · Gloria Gibbins

Never the Twain
1981
1981 · Susan Peel

Doris and Doreen
1978
1978 · Doris Rutter

The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
1978 · Mistress Page

Ces garçons qui venaient du Brésil
1978
1978 · Mrs. Harrington

Le chien des Baskervilles
1978
1978 · Glynis

Pickersgill People
1978
1978 · Mavis Blackhead

Target
1977
1977 · Diana Blake

The Achurch Letters
1977
1977 · Florence Farr
Mr Big
1977
1977 · Dolly

Les Petits Voleurs de Chevaux
1976
1976 · Mrs. Sandman

L'Hôtel en folie
1975
1975 · Sybil Fawlty
The Apple Cart
1975
1975 · Queen Jemima

Playhouse
1974
1974 · Florence Farr

Seven of One
1973
1973 · Marion Joyce
The Ring of Truth
1973
1973 · Babs Pickard

Country Matters
1972
1972 · Babs Pickard

BBC Play of the Month
1965
1965 · Queen Jemima

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
1965 · Marie

Les Femmes du général
1962
1962 · Estella Fitzjohn
Faces of Jim
1961
1961 · Laura Morrell

Marriage Lines
1961
1961 · Kate Starling

Les Chemins de la haute ville
1958
1958 · Council Office Worker (uncredited)

The Crowded Day
1954
1954 · Customer

What Every Woman Wants
1954
1954 · Mary

Chaussure à son pied
1954
1954 · Vicky Hobson
Laxdale Hall
1953
1953 · Morag McLeod

Pride and Prejudice
1952
1952 · Lydia Bennet