Prunella Scales
Prunella Scales (born Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth; 22 June 1932 – 27 October 2025) was an English actress. She was best known for her role as Basil Fawlty's wife Sybil in the BBC comedy Fawlty Towers and her BAFTA award-nominated role as Queen Elizabeth II in A Question of Attribution (Screen One, BBC 1991) by Alan Bennett. She also appeared in a series of adverts for the supermarket chain Tesco, playing an eccentric and demanding customer named Dotty between 1995 and 2004.
Prunella Scales | |
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 Scales in 2010 | |
| Born | Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth 22 June 1932 |
| Died | 27 October 2025 (aged 93) London, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1952–2014 |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | Samuel West Joe West |
In March 2014, her husband Timothy West revealed to The Guardian that Scales was living with Alzheimer's disease.[2] She died on 27 October 2025 at her home in London at the age of 93.[3]
References
- ↑ Prunella Scales Biography (1932-). filmreference.com. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ↑ Prunella Scales suffering from 'a sort of mild Alzheimer's'. The Guardian (4 March 2014). Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ↑ "Prunella Scales, who played Sybil in British sitcom ‘Fawlty Towers,’ dies at 93". ABC News. 28 October 2025. https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/prunella-scales-played-sybil-british-sitcom-fawlty-towers-126929637. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
Other websites
Media related to Prunella Scales at Wikimedia Commons
- Prunella Scales on IMDb
- Prunella Scales at the British Film Institute's Screenonline
- Prunella Scales at the Internet Broadway Database
- Sybil Fawlty played by Prunella Scales. fawltysite.net (2013). Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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