1994Nominee
Best Performance
Wolf
Prunella Scales
Actor
Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
June 22, 1932
Biography
Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales CBE (née Illingworth; 22 June 1932) was an English former actor, best known for playing Sybil Fawlty, wife of Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), in the BBC comedy Fawlty Towers; for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in A Question of Attribution (Screen One, BBC 1991) by Alan Bennett (for which she was nominated for a BAFTA award); and for the documentary series Great Canal Journeys (2014–2021), in which she travels on canal barges and narrowboats with her husband, fellow actor Timothy West.
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1992Nominee
Best Performance
Howards End
1978Nominee
Best Performance
The Boys from Brazil
Career Highlights
1996Highlight
Best Performance
Emma
2014Highlight
Best Performance
Sub Rosa
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Howards End
The Boys from Brazil
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