Deceased

When Did Prunella Scales Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 93

Also known asPrunella Margaret Rumney West Scales, Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth, پرونلا اسکیلزGenderFemaleNationalityUnited KingdomBorn22/06/1932Born inSutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UKDied27/10/2025 (aged 93)Died inLondonWikidataQ271348 ↗TMDb#55643 ↗

Prunella Margaret Rumney West, known professionally as Prunella Scales, was an English actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Sybil Fawlty in the BBC television sitcom Fawlty Towers (1975–1979) and her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in Alan Bennett's A Question of Attribution (1991), which earned her a BAFTA nomination. She later appeared in the TV documentary series Great Canal Journeys (2014–2019), travelling waterways in the UK and abroad with her husband, the actor Timothy West.

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Filmography72 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2014	50 Years of BBC Two ComedyMovie	Self	82
2013	The Phone CallMovie	Joan	81
2012	Run For Your WifeMovie	Woman in Pub	80
2011	Horrid Henry: The MovieMovie	Great Aunt Greta	79
2007	The Shell SeekersMovie	Dolly Keeling	75
2005	The Funny Blokes of British ComedyMovie	Sybil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)	73
2004	Agatha Christie's MarpleSeries	Mrs Mackenzie	72
2003	The RoyalSeries	Red Admiral	71
2002	DickensSeries	Elizabeth Dickens	70
2001	Station JimMovie	Queen Victoria	69
2000	The Ghost of Greville LodgeMovie	Sarah	68
1999	Loose WomenSeries	Self	67
1999	Mad CowsMovie	Dr. Minny Stinkler	67
1999	An Ideal HusbandMovie	Lady Markby	67
1997	Midsomer MurdersSeries	Eleanor Bunsall	65
1997	Keeping MumSeries	Marjorie	65
1997	An Audience with Alf GarnettMovie	—	65
1996	Dalziel and PascoeSeries	Edith Disney	64
1996	Silent WitnessSeries	Anne Parker	64
1996	EmmaMovie	Miss Bates	64
1996	Breaking the CodeMovie	Sara Turing	64
1996	Lord of MisruleMovie	Shirley	64
1995	An Awfully Big AdventureMovie	Rose	63
1995	The World of Lee EvansSeries	Mother	63
1995	SearchingSeries	Mrs. Tilston	63
1994	WolfMovie	Maude Waggins	62
1994	The Rector's WifeSeries	Marjorie Richardson	62
1994	Second BestMovie	Margery	62
1992	Howards EndMovie	Aunt Juley	60
1991	A Question of AttributionMovie	H.M.Q.	59
1990	The Tale of Little Pig RobinsonMovie	Fleecy Flock	58
1989	Screen OneSeries	H.M.Q.	57
1989	Communicators From HellMovie	—	57
1989	A Chorus of DisapprovalMovie	Hannah Ap Llewellyn	57
1989	Beyond The PaleMovie	Milly	57
1988	After HenrySeries	Sarah France	56
1988	ThompsonSeries	—	56
1988	Consuming PassionsMovie	Ethel	56
1987	The Lonely Passion of Judith HearneMovie	Moira O'Neill	55
1987	When We Are MarriedMovie	Annie Parker	55
1987	What the Butler SawMovie	Mrs Prentice	55
1986	CasualtySeries	Jocelyn Anderson	54
1986	ScreenPlaySeries	Milly	54
1986	Home CookingMovie	Judith	54
1985	Mapp & LuciaSeries	Miss Elizabeth Mapp	53
1984	Weekend PlayhouseSeries	Olive Dodd	52
1982	Outside EdgeMovie	Miriam	50
1982	The Merry Wives of WindsorMovie	Mistress Page	50
1982	S.W.A.L.K.Series	Patti	50
1981	BergeracSeries	Gloria Gibbins	49
1981	Never the TwainSeries	Susan Peel	49
1978	The Boys from BrazilMovie	Mrs. Harrington	46
1978	The BBC Television ShakespeareSeries	Mistress Page	46
1978	An Audience with...Series	Self	46
1978	The Hound of the BaskervillesMovie	Glynis	46
1978	Pickersgill PeopleSeries	Mavis Blackhead	46
1977	The Achurch LettersMovie	Florence Farr	45
1977	TargetSeries	Diana Blake	45
1977	Mr BigSeries	Dolly	45
1976	The Littlest Horse ThievesMovie	Mrs. Sandman	44
1975	Fawlty TowersSeries	Sybil Fawlty	43
1975	The Apple CartMovie	Queen Jemima	43
1974	PlayhouseSeries	Florence Farr	42
1972	Country MattersSeries	Babs Pickard	40
1965	BBC Play of the MonthSeries	Queen Jemima	33
1965	Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries	Marie	33
1962	Waltz of the ToreadorsMovie	Estella Fitzjohn	30
1961	Faces of JimSeries	Laura Morrell	29
1961	Marriage LinesSeries	Kate Starling	29
1958	Room at the TopMovie	Council Office Worker (uncredited)	26
1954	Hobson's ChoiceMovie	Vicky Hobson	22
1954	What Every Woman WantsMovie	Mary	22