About
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.
Filmography
The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers2025
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy2014 · Self
Sub Rosa2014 · Madame
The Phone Call2013 · Joan
Run For Your Wife2012 · Woman in Pub
Horrid Henry: The Movie2011 · Great Aunt Greta
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened2009 · Self / Sybil Fawlty
The Shell Seekers2007 · Dolly Keeling
Think2007 · Customer
What the Pythons Did Next...2007 · Self
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing2006 · Lady Moping
Fawlty Towers Revisited2005 · Herself
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy2005 · Sybil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg2002 · Grace
Station Jim2001 · Queen Victoria
The Ghost of Greville Lodge2000 · Sarah
Mad Cows1999 · Dr. Minny Stinkler
An Ideal Husband1999 · Lady Markby
Stiff Upper Lips1998 · Aunt Agnes
An Audience with Alf Garnett1997