Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales (born Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth; 22 June 1932) is an English actress. She is 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.

Prunella Scales
Scales in 2010
Born	Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth (1932-06-22) 22 June 1932 (age 92) Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England[1]
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1952–2014
Spouse	Timothy West (1963–present)
Children	Samuel West Joe West Julie West (step-daughter)

In March 2014, her husband Timothy West revealed to The Guardian that Scales was living with Alzheimer's disease.^[2]

References

1. "Prunella Scales Biography (1932-)". filmreference.com. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
2. "Prunella Scales suffering from 'a sort of mild Alzheimer's'". The Guardian. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

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. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.