Prunella Scales net worth is$2 Million Prunella Scales Wiki Biography Prunella Scales, CBE is an English actress best known for her role as Basil Fawlty's wife Sybil in the British comedy Fawlty Towers and her BAFTA award-nominated role as Queen Elizabeth II in A Question of Attribution by Alan Bennett.
Full Name Prunella Scales Net Worth $2 Million Date Of Birth June 22, 1932 Place Of Birth Sutton Abinger, Abinger, United Kingdom Height 5 ft 3 in (1.61 m) Profession Actress Education Moira House Girls School Nationality England Spouse Timothy West (m. 1963) Children Samuel West, Juliet West, Joseph West Parents Catherine Scales, John Richardson Illingworth Nicknames Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth , Pru , Prunella Scales CBE IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0768795 Nominations British Academy Television Award for Best Actress, Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress, Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Movies Hobson's Choice, Howards End, Stiff Upper Lips, Horrid Henry: The Movie, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, A Question of Attribution, The Wicked Lady, The Boys from Brazil, Waltz of the Toreadors, The Ghost of Greville Lodge, An Awfully Big Adventure, Consuming Passions, The Hound of the Baskervi... TV Shows After Henry, Mapp and Lucia, Fawlty Towers, Marriage Lines
# Quote 1 The joy of being an actor is to deliver good writing to people." "The agony of doing Shakespeare is that you can't ask him what he meant.
# Fact 1 In January 2013, she revealed that she had begun to suffer from short term memory loss and was unable to remember the years in which her sons were born or the year she married her husband, Timothy West . In March 2014, West announced that his wife was suffering from mild Alzheimer's disease, however, by August 2015, her condition had worsened to the point where she could no longer remember any details about their wedding or their married life together. 2 (1998 - present) Fronting British TV advertising campaign for Tesco as a fussy mother alongside her long-suffering daughter played by TV comedienne and actress Jane Horrocks . [1998] 3 Daughter-in-law of Lockwood West . 4 Has a photographic memory. 5 Longtime friend of Fawlty Towers (1975) co-star, comedian John Cleese . 6 She played Queen Victoria in Looking for Victoria (2003). Her son Samuel West had previously played Prince Albert Victor Edward, Duke of Clarence, Queen Victoria's grandson, in both Edward the King (1975) and The Ripper (1997) while her husband Timothy West played the eponymous role of Queen Victoria's eldest son and eventual successor in the former. 7 In October of 2003, she became seriously ill and was taken to the hospital for emergency heart operation (angioplasty). 8 She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1992 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to drama while her husband, Timothy West , was awarded his CBE in the 1984 Queen's Birthday Honours List. 9 Achieved her greatest success on TV as the nosy, shrewish wife "Sybil Fawlty" on the classic John Cleese comedy Fawlty Towers (1975). 10 British classical stage actress trained at both the Old Vic Theatre School in London and the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York. 11 She was awarded the Patricia Rothermere Award at the 2001 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for her contributions to British Theatre. 12 Has a step-daughter named Juliet West. 13 Mother of Joseph West and Samuel West .
Actress Title Year Status Character Sub Rosa 2014/II Short The Phone Call 2013 Short Joan The Ogre Hunters 2013 Short Stranger Danger 2012 Short Violet Mangham Run for Your Wife 2012 Woman at Pub Horrid Henry: The Movie 2011 Great Aunt Greta The Royal 2011 TV Series Red Admiral Agatha Christie's Marple 2008 TV Series Mrs Mackenzie Think. What Does it Take to Change a Habit? 2007 Short Customer The Shell Seekers 2006 TV Movie Dolly Keeling Helix 2006 Short Gemima Barrington-Law Mr. Loveday's Little Outing 2006 TV Movie Lady Moping Where the Heart Is 2005 TV Series Hattie Dymchurch Casualty 2004 TV Series Jocelyn Anderson Brand Spanking 2004 Short Voice of Morphinalax Looking for Victoria 2003 TV Movie Presenter / Queen Victoria Johnny English 2003 The Queen (uncredited) Dickens 2002 TV Series Elizabeth Dickens A Day in the Death of Joe Egg 2002 TV Movie Grace Station Jim 2001 TV Movie Queen Victoria Silent Witness 2001 TV Series Anne Parker Animated Tales of the World 2001 TV Series Narrator The Ghost of Greville Lodge 2000 Sarah Midsomer Murders 2000 TV Series Eleanor Bunsall The Big Knights 1999 TV Series Queen Melissa (voice) Mad Cows 1999 Dr. Minny Stinkler An Ideal Husband 1999/II Lady Markby Stiff Upper Lips 1998 Aunt Agnes Keeping Mum 1998 TV Series Marjorie Dennis the Menace 1998 TV Series Mrs. Duffel Phoenix 1997 Short The Client Emma 1996 TV Movie Miss Bates Breaking the Code 1996 TV Movie Sara Turing Dalziel and Pascoe 1996 TV Series Edith Disney Lord of Misrule 1996 TV Movie Shirley Searching 1995 TV Series Mrs. Tilston Look at the State We're In! 1995 TV Mini-Series Storyteller Signs and Wonders 1995 TV Series Elizabeth Palmore An Awfully Big Adventure 1995 Rose The World of Lee Evans 1995 TV Series Mother Sherwood's Travels 1994 Second Best 1994 Margery Wolf 1994 Maude Fair Game 1994 TV Movie Marjorie The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends 1994 TV Series Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle The Rector's Wife 1994 TV Mini-Series Marjorie Richardson Woodcock 1994 TV Movie Captain After Henry 1988-1992 TV Series Sarah France Freddie as F.R.O.7. 1992 Queen / Additional Voices (voice) My Friend Walter 1992 TV Movie Aunt Elle Howards End 1992 Aunt Juley Screen One 1991 TV Series H.M.Q. Dirty Beasts 1990 TV Movie Narrator Screenplay 1989 TV Series Milly A Chorus of Disapproval 1989 Hannah Ap Llewellyn Thompson 1988 TV Series Natural Causes 1988 TV Movie Celia Bryce Consuming Passions 1988 Ethel When We Are Married 1987 TV Movie Annie Parker The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne 1987 Moira O'Neill Theatre Night 1987 TV Series Mrs Prentice Unnatural Causes 1986 TV Series Judith Mapp & Lucia 1985-1986 TV Series Miss Elizabeth Mapp Absurd Person Singular 1985 TV Movie Marion Brewster-Wright Weekend Playhouse 1984 TV Series Olive Dodd The Wicked Lady 1983 Lady Kingsclere The Merry Wives of Windsor 1982 TV Movie Mistress Page Outside Edge 1982 TV Movie Miriam S.W.A.L.K. 1982 TV Series Aunt Patty Never the Twain 1982 TV Series Susan Peel Wagner 1981 TV Series Frau Pollert Bergerac 1981 TV Series Gloria Gibbins Good King Memorex 1979 Video Sybil Fawlty Fawlty Towers 1975-1979 TV Series Sybil Fawlty Doris and Doreen 1978 TV Movie Doris Rutter The Boys from Brazil 1978 Mrs. Harrington Target 1978 TV Series Diana Blake The Hound of the Baskervilles 1978 Glynis Pickersgill People 1978 TV Series Mavis Blackhead Mr. Big 1977 TV Series Dolly BBC2 Playhouse 1977 TV Series Florence Farr Lucky Feller 1976 TV Series Farmer's Wife The Littlest Horse Thieves 1976 Mrs. Sandman Decisions, Decisions 1975 Video short BBC Play of the Month 1975 TV Series Queen Jemima Comedy Playhouse 1974 TV Series Dolly Crime of Passion 1973 TV Series Adele Breteau 7 of 1 1973 TV Series Marion Joyce Country Matters 1973 TV Mini-Series Babs Pickard Full House 1973 TV Series Thelma Thirty-Minute Theatre 1971 TV Series Marie Jackanory 1970 TV Series Storyteller Horizon 1966 TV Series documentary Mother On the Margin 1966 TV Series The Marriage Lines 1961-1966 TV Series Kate Starling A Christmas Night with the Stars 1963-1964 TV Series Kate Starling - Marriage Lines segment Kate Starling - The Marriage Lines segment Call Oxbridge 2000 1962 TV Series Andrea Newton Saki 1962 TV Mini-Series Mrs. Lapping Waltz of the Toreadors 1962 Estella Fitzjohn The Seven Faces of Jim 1961 TV Series Laura Morrell She Died Young 1961 TV Movie Harriet Green Coronation Street 1961 TV Series Eileen Hughes ITV Television Playhouse 1955-1960 TV Series Joy Miller / Mrs. Pepys / Gabrielle Saturday Playhouse 1958-1960 TV Series Joan Deal / Lucy Inside Story 1960 TV Series Jean BBC Sunday-Night Play 1960 TV Mini-Series Maud Murch The Secret Garden 1960 TV Series Martha BBC Sunday-Night Theatre 1954-1959 TV Series Susan / Prudence Buckland ITV Play of the Week 1957-1959 TV Series Grace Kennion / Morag Room at the Top 1959 Council Office Worker (uncredited) Champion Road 1958 TV Series Betty Gray Television World Theatre 1958 TV Series Dunyasha Shop Spoiled 1954 Customer What Every Woman Wants 1954 Mary Hobson's Choice 1954 Vicky Hobson Scotch on the Rocks 1953 Morag McLeod Pride and Prejudice 1952 TV Mini-Series Lydia Bennet
Soundtrack Title Year Status Character A Chorus of Disapproval 1989 performer: "O Jenny, O Jenny, Where Hast Thou Been?", "Youth's the Season" - uncredited
Self Title Year Status Character The Actor's Apprenticeship 2017 Documentary post-production Great Canal Journeys 2014-2016 TV Series Herself - Presenter Piers Morgan's Life Stories 2015 TV Series Herself - Timothy's Wife 50 Years of BBC2 Comedy 2014 TV Movie documentary Richard Briers: A Tribute 2013 TV Movie documentary Herself Britain's Funniest Comedy Characters 2012 TV Movie documentary Herself Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits 2009 TV Movie documentary Herself / Sybil Fawlty Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened 2009 TV Movie documentary Herself / Sybil Fawlty Timeshift 2008 TV Series documentary Herself The British Soap Awards 2008 2008 TV Special Herself - Presenter Children in Need 2007 TV Series Herself / Sybil Fawlty A Taste of My Life 2007 TV Series documentary Herself The Comedy Map of Britain 2007 TV Series documentary Herself Loose Women 2000-2007 TV Series Herself This Week 2007 TV Series Herself - Guest What the Pythons Did Next... 2007 TV Movie documentary Herself (as Prunella Scales CBE) Britain's Funniest Comedy Characters 2006 TV Movie documentary Herself An Audience with Coronation Street 2006 TV Movie documentary Herself - Audience Member The King's Head: A Maverick in London 2006 Video documentary Herself The Ultimate Sitcom 2006 TV Movie documentary Fawlty Towers Revisited 2005 TV Movie documentary Herself Breakfast 2005 TV Series Herself - Guest 'Fawlty Towers' @ 30 2005 TV Movie Herself The Royal Wedding of HRH the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles 2005 TV Movie Herself The Funny Ladies of British Comedy 2004 TV Movie documentary Herself Essential Poems for Christmas 2004 TV Movie Herself - Reader Good Morning Australia 2004 TV Series Herself - Guest A History of Britain 2002 TV Mini-Series documentary Queen Victoria Top Ten 2001 TV Series documentary Herself This Morning 2001 TV Series Herself - Guest The Human Face 2001 TV Mini-Series documentary Pet Shop Owner Funny Turns 2000 TV Series documentary Herself Funny Women 1998 TV Series documentary short Herself Light Lunch 1997 TV Series Herself The Sunday Programme 1997 TV Series Herself An Audience with Alf Garnett 1997 TV Movie Herself - Audience Member The Animal Family 1996 TV Movie documentary Narrator - part 1 (voice) Aspel & Company 1992 TV Series Herself - Guest Forty Minutes 1990 TV Series documentary Narrator Everyman 1988 TV Series documentary Herself - Presenter Whodunnit? 1977 TV Series Herself - Panellist Call My Bluff 1967-1977 TV Series Herself An Evening with... 1970 TV Series Herself - Guest Reader
Nominated Awards Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie 1992 BAFTA TV Award BAFTA Awards Best Actress Screen One (1985)
Known for movies Howards End (1992)
After Henry (1988-1992)
The Marriage Lines (1961-1966)
Wolf (1994)
$2 Million
