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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.Read full biography
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Great Canal Journeys (2014), The Royal (2003), Dickens (2002), Keeping Mum (1997), Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (1996), The World of Lee Evans (1995), Signs and Wonders (1995), Look at the State We're In! (1995), The Rector's Wife (1994), Thompson (1988), After Henry (1988), Unnatural Causes (1986), Theatre Night (1985), Mapp & Lucia (1985), Bergerac (1981), Never the Twain (1981), Target (1977), Lucky Feller (1976), Seven of One (1973), Country Matters (1972), Faces of Jim (1961), Marriage Lines (1961), Pride and Prejudice (1952)










