Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales
CBE
Prunella Scales CBE
	Scales pictured in 2010
Born	Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth; 22 June 1932 (age 92); Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England
Education	Moira House Girls' School, Eastbourne; The Old Vic School; Ute Hagen, New York
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1952–2019
Television	Fawlty Towers; A Question of Attribution; Great Canal Journeys; After Henry;
Spouse	Timothy West (m. 1963)
Children	2, including Samuel West

Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales^[1]^[2] CBE (née Illingworth; born 22 June 1932) is an English retired actor. She portrayed Sybil Fawlty, the bossy wife of Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), in the BBC comedy Fawlty Towers, Queen Elizabeth II in A Question of Attribution (Screen One, BBC 1991) by Alan Bennett (for which she was nominated for a British Academy Television Award)^{[citation needed]} and appeared in the documentary series Great Canal Journeys (2014–2021), travelling on narrowboats with her husband, fellow actor Timothy West.

^ The International Who's Who, 1997–98, Europa Publications, p. 1332.
^ The International Who's Who of Women 2002, 3rd edition, ed. Elizabeth Sleeman, Europa Publications, 2000 , p. 510.

Prunella Scales CBE
Scales pictured in 2010
Born	Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth (1932-06-22) 22 June 1932 (age 92) Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England
Education	Moira House Girls' School, Eastbourne; The Old Vic School; Ute Hagen, New York
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1952–2019
Television	Fawlty Towers A Question of Attribution Great Canal Journeys After Henry
Spouse	Timothy West (m. 1963)
Children	2, including Samuel West