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 and her p
Scales in 2010
Scales and her husband, the actor Timothy West, travelled together on narrowboats for the documentary series Great Canal Journeys.
Actor Samuel West, the son of Scales and Timothy West, played Siegfried Farnon in the 2020 remake of the veterinary drama series All Creatures Great and Small.
Samuel Alexander Joseph West is an English actor, theatre director, and narrator. He has directed on stage and radio, and worked as an actor in theatre, film, television, and radio.
Prunella Scales
…Scales was married to the actor Timothy West from 1963 until his death in 2024. Their marriage produced two sons; the elder is the actor and director Samuel West. Scales also had a step-daughter by West's first marriage. Scales and West shared a common hobby of narrowboating. In 2013, Scales declared that while…