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Her career started in 1951 at the Bristol Old Vic as an assistant stage manager. Despite this, she wanted to be an actor. Her first break came in TheSixties when she was cast in ''Marriage Lines'' alongside Creator/RichardBriers.
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After ''Fawlty'', she made many appearances in films from TheSeventies to TheNineties such as ''Escape from the Dark'', ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'', ''Film/TheBoysFromBrazil'', ''Film/TheWickedLady'', ''The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne'', ''Consuming Passions'', ''A Chorus of Disapproval'', ''Film/HowardsEnd'', ''Film/WolfMikeNichols'', ''An Awfully Big Adventure'', and ''Stiff Upper Lips''.
In 2014, it was publicly revealed that she had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, which had been causing her severe memory loss. In 2020, it was announced that she would be retiring from acting due to the Alzheimer's, ending a career spanning 67 years.
In 2014, it was publicly revealed that she had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, which had been causing her severe memory loss. In 2020, it was announced that she would be retiring from acting due to the Alzheimer's, ending a career spanning 67 years.
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After ''Fawlty'', she made many appearances in films from TheSeventies The70s to TheNineties The80s such as ''Escape from the Dark'', ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'', ''Film/TheBoysFromBrazil'', ''Film/TheWickedLady'', ''The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne'', ''Consuming Passions'', ''A Chorus of Disapproval'', ''Film/HowardsEnd'', ''Film/WolfMikeNichols'', ''An Awfully Big Adventure'', and ''Stiff Upper Lips''.
Lips''. On TV, she starred in ''After Henry'' and ''Series/{{Searching}}''.
In 2014, it was publicly revealed that she had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, which had been causing her severe memory loss. In 2020, it was announced that she would be retiring from acting due tothe her Alzheimer's, ending a career spanning 67 years.
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She has been (very) happily married to actor Timothy West since 1963. They are canal-sailing nerds and frequently go sailing on canal boats whenever they get a chance.
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After ''Fawlty'', she made many appearances in films from TheSeventies to TheNineties such as ''Escape from the Dark'', ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'', ''Film/TheBoysFromBrazil'', ''Film/TheWickedLady'', ''The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne'', ''Consuming Passions'', ''A Chorus of Disapproval'', ''Film/HowardsEnd'', ''Film/{{Wolf}}'', ''Film/WolfMikeNichols'', ''An Awfully Big Adventure'', and ''Stiff Upper Lips''.
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Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CBE]], (22 June 1932) is a British actress best known for playing Sybil Fawlty in ''Series/FawltyTowers''. She is the mother of actor Creator/SamuelWest.
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Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CBE]], (22 June 1932) 1932), is a British actress best known for playing Sybil Fawlty in ''Series/FawltyTowers''. She is the mother of actor Creator/SamuelWest.
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Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CBE]], (22 June 1932) is a British actress best known for playing Sybil Fawlty in ''Series/FawltyTowers''.
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->''"The joy of being an actor is to deliver good writing to people."''
Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CBE]], (22 June 1932) is a British actress best known for playing Sybil Fawlty in ''Series/FawltyTowers''.
Her career started in 1951 at the Bristol Old Vic as an assistant stage manager. Despite this, she wanted to be an actor. Her first break came in TheSixties when she was cast in ''Marriage Lines'' alongside Creator/RichardBriers.
In 1975, she was cast as Creator/JohnCleese's fearsome wife, Sybil Fawlty, in ''Fawlty Towers'', playing the role in both series and in 2007 returned to the role for an episode of ''Series/ChildrenInNeed''.
After ''Fawlty'', she made many appearances in films from TheSeventies to TheNineties such as ''Escape from the Dark'', ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'', ''Film/TheBoysFromBrazil'', ''Film/TheWickedLady'', ''The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne'', ''Consuming Passions'', ''A Chorus of Disapproval'', ''Film/HowardsEnd'', ''Film/{{Wolf}}'', ''An Awfully Big Adventure'', and ''Stiff Upper Lips''.
In 2014, it was publicly revealed that she had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, which had been causing her severe memory loss. In 2020, it was announced that she would be retiring from acting due to the Alzheimer's, ending a career spanning 67 years.
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!!Works on TV Tropes she appeared in:
[[AC:Films]]
* ''Film/RoomAtTheTop'' (1958) -- Council Office Worker (UncreditedRole)
* ''Film/TheBoysFromBrazil'' (1978) -- Mrs. Harrington
* ''Film/TheWickedLady'' (1983) -- Lady Kingsclere
* ''Film/HowardsEnd'' (1992) -- Aunt Juley
* ''WesternAnimation/FreddieAsFRO7'' (1992) -- Queen
* ''Film/{{Wolf}}'' (1994) -- Maude
* ''Theatre/BreakingTheCode'' (1996) -- Sara Turing
* ''Film/JohnnyEnglish'' (2003) -- UsefulNotes/ElizabethII
* ''Film/HorridHenryTheMovie'' (2011) -- Great Aunt Greta
* ''Film/RunForYourWife'' (2012) -- Woman at Pub
[[AC:Series]]
* ''Series/CoronationStreet'', 5 episodes (1961) -- Eileen Hughes
* ''Series/{{Jackanory}}'', 10 episodes (1970-80) -- Storyteller
* ''Series/FawltyTowers'', 12 episodes (1975-79) -- Sybil Fawlty
* ''Series/{{Bergerac}}'', episode "Unlucky Dip" (1981) -- Gloria Gibbins
* ''{{Series/ScreenPlay|BBC}}'', episode "Beyond the Pale" (1989) -- Milly
* ''Series/ScreenOne'', episode "A Question of Attribution" (1991) -- H.M.Q.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheWorldOfPeterRabbitAndFriends'', episode "The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher" (1994) -- Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
* ''Series/DalzielAndPascoe'', episode "An Advancement of Learning" (1996) -- Edith Disney
* ''{{ComicStrip/Dennis the Menace|UK}}'', episode "Summer Holiday" (1998) -- Mrs. Duffel
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBigKnights'', 13 episodes (1999-2000) -- Queen Melissa
* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'', episode "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS3E4 Beyond the Grave]]" (2000) -- Eleanor Bunsall
* ''WesternAnimation/AnimatedTalesOfTheWorld'', episode "Ewenn Congar: A Story from France" (2001) -- Narrator
* ''Series/SilentWitness'', 6 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Faith: Part 1", "Faith: Part 2"[[/labelnote]] (2001) -- Anne Parker
* ''Series/{{Casualty}}'', episode "Out with a Bang" (2004) -- Jocelyn Anderson
* ''Series/ChildrenInNeed'', 1 episode (2007) -- Sybil Fawlty
* ''Series/{{Marple}}'', episode "A Pocket Full of Rye" (2008) -- Mrs. Mackenzie
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->''"The joy of being an actor is to deliver good writing to people."''
Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CBE]], (22 June 1932) is a British actress best known for playing Sybil Fawlty in ''Series/FawltyTowers''.
Her career started in 1951 at the Bristol Old Vic as an assistant stage manager. Despite this, she wanted to be an actor. Her first break came in TheSixties when she was cast in ''Marriage Lines'' alongside Creator/RichardBriers.
In 1975, she was cast as Creator/JohnCleese's fearsome wife, Sybil Fawlty, in ''Fawlty Towers'', playing the role in both series and in 2007 returned to the role for an episode of ''Series/ChildrenInNeed''.
After ''Fawlty'', she made many appearances in films from TheSeventies to TheNineties such as ''Escape from the Dark'', ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'', ''Film/TheBoysFromBrazil'', ''Film/TheWickedLady'', ''The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne'', ''Consuming Passions'', ''A Chorus of Disapproval'', ''Film/HowardsEnd'', ''Film/{{Wolf}}'', ''An Awfully Big Adventure'', and ''Stiff Upper Lips''.
In 2014, it was publicly revealed that she had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, which had been causing her severe memory loss. In 2020, it was announced that she would be retiring from acting due to the Alzheimer's, ending a career spanning 67 years.
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!!Works on TV Tropes she appeared in:
[[AC:Films]]
* ''Film/RoomAtTheTop'' (1958) -- Council Office Worker (UncreditedRole)
* ''Film/TheBoysFromBrazil'' (1978) -- Mrs. Harrington
* ''Film/TheWickedLady'' (1983) -- Lady Kingsclere
* ''Film/HowardsEnd'' (1992) -- Aunt Juley
* ''WesternAnimation/FreddieAsFRO7'' (1992) -- Queen
* ''Film/{{Wolf}}'' (1994) -- Maude
* ''Theatre/BreakingTheCode'' (1996) -- Sara Turing
* ''Film/JohnnyEnglish'' (2003) -- UsefulNotes/ElizabethII
* ''Film/HorridHenryTheMovie'' (2011) -- Great Aunt Greta
* ''Film/RunForYourWife'' (2012) -- Woman at Pub
[[AC:Series]]
* ''Series/CoronationStreet'', 5 episodes (1961) -- Eileen Hughes
* ''Series/{{Jackanory}}'', 10 episodes (1970-80) -- Storyteller
* ''Series/FawltyTowers'', 12 episodes (1975-79) -- Sybil Fawlty
* ''Series/{{Bergerac}}'', episode "Unlucky Dip" (1981) -- Gloria Gibbins
* ''{{Series/ScreenPlay|BBC}}'', episode "Beyond the Pale" (1989) -- Milly
* ''Series/ScreenOne'', episode "A Question of Attribution" (1991) -- H.M.Q.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheWorldOfPeterRabbitAndFriends'', episode "The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher" (1994) -- Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
* ''Series/DalzielAndPascoe'', episode "An Advancement of Learning" (1996) -- Edith Disney
* ''{{ComicStrip/Dennis the Menace|UK}}'', episode "Summer Holiday" (1998) -- Mrs. Duffel
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBigKnights'', 13 episodes (1999-2000) -- Queen Melissa
* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'', episode "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS3E4 Beyond the Grave]]" (2000) -- Eleanor Bunsall
* ''WesternAnimation/AnimatedTalesOfTheWorld'', episode "Ewenn Congar: A Story from France" (2001) -- Narrator
* ''Series/SilentWitness'', 6 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Faith: Part 1", "Faith: Part 2"[[/labelnote]] (2001) -- Anne Parker
* ''Series/{{Casualty}}'', episode "Out with a Bang" (2004) -- Jocelyn Anderson
* ''Series/ChildrenInNeed'', 1 episode (2007) -- Sybil Fawlty
* ''Series/{{Marple}}'', episode "A Pocket Full of Rye" (2008) -- Mrs. Mackenzie
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