Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales is a retired English actress. She portrayed Sybil Fawlty, the bossy wife of Basil Fawlty, in the BBC comedy Fawlty Towers, Queen Elizabeth II in A Question of Attribution by Alan Bennett and appeared in the documentary series Great Canal Journeys (2014–2021), travelling on narrowboats with her husband, fellow actor Timothy West.
Scales pictured in 2010
Prunella Scales's husband, actor Timothy West, and she have travelled together on narrowboats for the documentary series Great Canal Journeys.
Actor Samuel West, Prunella Scales and Timothy West's son, played Siegfried Farnon in the 2020 remake of the veterinary drama series All Creatures Great and Small.
Sybil Fawlty is a fictional character from the BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers. She is played by Prunella Scales. She is listed as 34 years old as seen on her medical chart in the 1975 episode "The Germans", presumably indicating she was born in 1941. Scales was 43 years old when Fawlty Towers began production.
Sybil Fawlty