Born in Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK — Jun 22 1932• Died Oct 27 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.
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Eleanor Bunsall

Jocelyn Anderson

Anne Parker

Gloria Gibbins

Queen Jemima

Mrs Mackenzie


Florence Farr

Marie

Sybil Fawlty

Susan Peel

Diana Blake

Babs Pickard

Self

Mrs. Prentice

Mrs. Duffel

Maude Waggins
Laura Morrell

Miss Elizabeth Mapp

Sarah France

Miss Bates

Marion Joyce
Storyteller
Judith

Mrs. Harrington

Marjorie

Elizabeth Dickens

Elizabeth Palmore

Aunt Juley

Marjorie Richardson

Council Office Worker (uncredited)

Red Admiral

Dr. Minny Stinkler

Marjorie

Vicky Hobson

Ethel

Great Aunt Greta


Margery

Rose

Lydia Bennet

Queen (voice)
Sybil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)



Woman in Pub
Queen Victoria

Dolly Keeling

Mistress Page

Aunt Agnes

Estella Fitzjohn

Moira O'Neill

Mother

Lady Markby
Queen Jemima


Lady Kingsclere

H.M.Q.

Annie Parker

Self / Sybil Fawlty

Madame
Shirley

Joan

Glynis

Sara Turing
Grace

Doris Rutter

Narrator

Self


Customer

Mrs. Sandman

Celia Bryce

Judith

Florence Farr

Marion Brewster-Wright

Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (voice)

Miriam

Milly

Fleecy Flock
Morag McLeod

Narrator

Self

Mrs. Shrigley

Herself

Hannah Ap Llewellyn

Aunt Ellie
Gail

Lady Moping

Mary

Mrs Prentice

Sarah

Babs Pickard
Customer