Fawlty Towers. Sybil Fawlty (Prunella Scales). Copyright: BBC
Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

  • 91 years old
  • English
  • Actor
Fawlty Towers. Sybil Fawlty (Prunella Scales). Copyright: BBC

Prunella Scales is a 91-year-old English former actor.

Year Production Role
2014 50 Years Of BBC 2 Comedy Self
2013 Richard Briers: A Tribute Self
2013 Cabin Pressure - Series 4
  1. E4 - Wokingham
 Wendy Crieff
2013 Run For Your Wife Actor
2009 Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
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  1. E1 - Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
  2. E2 - Fawlty Towers Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits
 Self
2009 Ladies Of Letters - Series 10 - Ladies of Letters Crunch Credit
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
 Irene
2008 Space Hacks - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Men In Brown
  2. E2 - The Quite Good Escape
  3. E3 - Empire In The Sun
  4. E4 - Back To The Present
 Mother
2007 Space Hacks - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Lost In Space Ship
  2. E2 - Two Men And A Baby Alien
  3. E4 - Mutiny On The Spaceship
  4. E3 - The Last Postman
 Mother
2006 Living With The Enemy
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Mrs Woodman
2006 The Ultimate Sitcom Self
2004 Britain's Best Sitcom
  1. E1 - The Launch
  2. E3 - Fawlty Towers
 Guest
2003 Smelling Of Roses - Series 4
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  1. E1 - A Supporting Role
  2. E2 - Verse Dramas
  3. E3 - Sustainable Development
  4. E4 - Talking To One Person
  5. E5 - Going Back To One's Roots
  6. E6 - The Comfort Man
 Rosie Burns
2003 Hopes And Desires
  1. E4 - The Anniversary Waltz
 Shirley
2002 Smelling Of Roses - Series 3
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  1. E1 - Private Views
  2. E2 - Promises, Promises
  3. E3 - A Closed Book
  4. E4 - Leading A Merry Dance
  5. E5 - A Cheeky Little Number
  6. E6 - The Queen Of Song
 Rosie Burns
2001 Smelling Of Roses - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Romance Is Dead
  2. E2 - French Connections
  3. E3 - The Comeback Kid
  4. E4 - Trade Secrets
  5. E5 - Bill Of Fare
  6. E6 - Party Party
 Rosie Burns
2000 Smelling Of Roses - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Wise After The Event
  2. E2 - Out To Launch
  3. E3 - Positive Thinking
  4. E4 - Sleeping Partners
  5. E5 - Survival Of The Fittest
  6. E6 - A Good Cause
 Rosie Burns
1998 Stiff Upper Lips Aunt Agnes
1996 Lord Of Misrule Shirley
1995 Searching
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
  7. E7 - Episode Seven
 Mrs Tilston
1995 Look At The State We're In!
  1. E5 - Nanny Knows Best
 Storyteller
1995 The World Of Lee Evans
  1. E1 - The Late Shift / Meet the Folks
 Mother
1994 Woodcock The Captain
1992 After Henry - Series 4
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  1. E1 - Dependent Relatives
  2. E2 - Poor Relations
  3. E3 - A Fully Extended Family
  4. E4 - Yes And No
  5. E5 - The Married Man
  6. E6 - The Other Married Man
 Sarah France
1989 After Henry - Series 3
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  1. Special - A Week Of Sundays
  2. E1 - Mr Right
  3. E2 - Curiosity
  4. E3 - Home Comforts
  5. E4 - Relative Movement
  6. E5 - The Dinner Party
  7. E6 - Mr Fix It
  8. E7 - Charity
  9. E8 - The Mysterious Affair At Bygone Books
  10. E9 - Party Politics
  11. E10 - Unforseen Circumstances
  12. E11 - Family Album
  13. E12 - Last Chances
 Sarah France
1989 A Chorus Of Disapproval Hannah Ap Llewellyn
1988 After Henry - Series 2
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  1. Special - A Quiet Christmas
  2. E1 - Intellectual Aspirations
  3. E2 - Open Secrets
  4. E3 - Memory Games
  5. E4 - The Cold
  6. E5 - Wedding Bells
  7. E6 - Lines Of Communication
  8. E7 - Gossip
  9. E8 - Out On A Limb
  10. E9 - Upstagers
  11. E10 - Idle Speculation
  12. E11 - Efficiency
  13. E12 - Going Away
 Sarah France
1988 Thompson
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Ensemble Actor
1988 Natural Causes Celia Bryce
1988 After Henry - Series 4
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  1. E1 - Dependent Relatives
  2. E2 - Relative Movement
  3. E3 - A Fully Extended Family
  4. E4 - Sunday Lunch
  5. E5 - Little Women
  6. E6 - Family Album
  7. E7 - Keeping Faith
  8. E8 - Positive Thinking
 Sarah France
1988 After Henry - Series 1
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  1. E1 - The Older Man
  2. E2 - Phone Calls
  3. E3 - The Teapot
  4. E4 - Security
  5. E5 - Romantic Complications
  6. E6 - The Birthday
 Sarah France
1987 After Henry - Series 3
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  1. E1 - Wedding Bells
  2. E2 - Poor Relations
  3. E3 - Guilty Secrets
  4. E4 - Lines of Communication
  5. E5 - Intellectual Aspirations
  6. E6 - A Box of Chocolates
  7. E7 - Different Viewpoints
  8. E8 - The End of a Chapter
  9. Special - The Season of Relative Goodwill
 Sarah France
1987 What The Butler Saw Mrs Prentice
1986 After Henry - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Memory Games
  2. E2 - The Romantic Approach
  3. E3 - The Cold
  4. E4 - Bedside Manners
  5. E5 - The Kitten
  6. E6 - The Married Man
  7. E7 - The Other Married Man
  8. E8 - The Teapot
 Sarah France
1986 Mapp & Lucia - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Winner Takes All
  2. E2 - Change And Change About
  3. E3 - Lady Bountiful
  4. E4 - Worship
  5. E5 - Au Reservoir
 Mapp
1985 After Henry - Series 1
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  1. E1 - The Older Man
  2. E2 - Moving
  3. E3 - The Cowboy
  4. E4 - The Dinner Party
  5. E5 - Gossip
  6. E6 - Mr Right
  7. E7 - The Spectre at the Feast
  8. E8 - Going Away
  9. Special - A Week Of Sundays
 Sarah France
1985 Mapp & Lucia - Series 1
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  1. E1 - The Village Fete
  2. E2 - Battle Stations
  3. E3 - The Italian Connection
  4. E4 - Lobster Pots
  5. E5 - The Owl And The Pussycat
 Mapp
1985 Absurd Person Singular Marion
1982 Outside Edge Miriam
1982 Never The Twain - Series 2
  1. E5 - If You Knew Susan
 Susan Peel
1979 Fawlty Towers - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Communication Problems
  2. E2 - The Psychiatrist
  3. E3 - Waldorf Salad
  4. E4 - The Kipper And The Corpse
  5. E5 - The Anniversary
  6. E6 - Basil The Rat
 Sybil Fawlty
1978 The Hound Of The Baskervilles Glynis
1977 Mr Big - Series 2
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  1. E1 - The Prune Case
  2. E2 - Burgle My Neighbour
  3. E3 - The Sheiks
  4. E4 - The Great Betting Shop Swindle
  5. E5 - Easy Money
  6. E6 - The Squatters
  7. E7 - Vote For Rocksburgh
 Dolly
1977 Mr Big - Series 1
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  1. E1 - The Bank Job
  2. E2 - Three Nights At The Palace
  3. E3 - Going Straight
  4. E4 - The Hit Man
  5. E5 - The Gravy Train
  6. E6 - The Ashes
 Dolly
1976 Lucky Feller - Series 1
  1. E12 - A Night On The Moors
  2. E13 - The Wedding
 Farmer's Wife
1975 Fawlty Towers - Series 1
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  1. E1 - A Touch Of Class
  2. E2 - The Builders
  3. E3 - The Wedding Party
  4. E4 - The Hotel Inspectors
  5. E5 - Gourmet Night
  6. E6 - The Germans
 Sybil Fawlty
1974 Mr Big - Comedy Playhouse Dolly
1973 One Man's Meat Marion Joyce
1967 Marriage Lines - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
  7. E7 - Episode Seven
  8. E8 - Episode Eight
  9. E9 - Episode Nine
  10. E10 - Episode Ten
  11. E11 - Episode Eleven
  12. E12 - Episode Twelve
  13. E13 - Episode Thirteen
 Kate Starling
1966 Marriage Lines - Series 5
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  1. E1 - The New Start
  2. E2 - Back To The Beginning
  3. E3 - Home Market
  4. E4 - Big Business
  5. E5 - Alarums And Excursions
  6. E6 - First House
  7. E7 - And Then There Were Five
 Kate Starling
1965 Marriage Lines - Series 4
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  1. E1 - What's In A Name?
  2. E2 - The Dinner
  3. E3 - Serenade In Two Flats
  4. E4 - Tropical Magic
  5. E5 - Migration Of Starlings
  6. E6 - Goodbye George - Goodbye Kate
 Kate Starling
1965 Marriage Lines - Series 1
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  1. E1 - The Threshold
  2. E2 - Trial Separation
  3. E3 - The Good Neighbours
  4. E4 - The Job
  5. E5 - Four-Part Harmony
  6. E6 - The Party
  7. E7 - There's No Place Like A New Place
  8. E8 - The Move
  9. E9 - The Convention
  10. E10 - The Illness
  11. E11 - Holiday Attraction
  12. E12 - The Divorce
  13. E13 - A Nice Surprise
 Kate Starling
1965 Marriage Lines - Series 3
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  1. E1 - The Cuckoo
  2. E2 - The Waiting Game
  3. E3 - And Baby Makes Three
  4. E4 - Nest Of Starlings
  5. E5 - The Ladies' Man
  6. E6 - The Homecoming
  7. E7 - Night Of Nostalgia
 Kate Starling
1964 Marriage Lines - Series 2
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  1. E1 - The Job
  2. E2 - The Loan
  3. E3 - Among Our Souvenirs
  4. E4 - The Move
  5. E5 - The Convention
  6. E6 - Happy Birthday
  7. E7 - Celebration Night
  8. E8 - The Patient
  9. E9 - The Martyr
  10. E10 - Holiday Attraction
  11. E11 - Financial Consideration
  12. E12 - The Divorce
  13. E13 - A Nice Surprise
  14. Special - Christmas Night With The Stars
 Kate Starling
1963 Marriage Lines - Series 1
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  1. E1 - The Threshold
  2. E2 - Trial Separation
  3. E3 - The Bed
  4. E4 - The Parting
  5. E5 - Four Part Harmony
  6. E6 - The Old Flame
  7. E7 - The Good Neighbours
  8. E8 - Party Mood
  9. E9 - The Anniversary
  10. E10 - The Old Place
  11. Special - Christmas Night With The Stars
 Kate Starling
1962 Waltz Of The Toreadors Estella
1954 The Crowded Day Eunice

Non-comedy TV and film credits may be found here:
Prunella Scales on IMDb

Born
Wednesday 22nd June 1932 (91 years-old)
Nationality
English
Olivier Awards 1990
Best Actress (Nominee)
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