# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/prunella-scales
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:01:12.528Z

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name: "Prunella Scales"
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description: "Prunella Margaret Rumney West, known professionally as Prunella Scales, was an English actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Sybil Fawlty in the BBC television sitcom Fawlty Towers (1975–1979) and her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in Alan Bennett's A Question of Attribution (1991), which earned her a BAFTA nomination. She later appeared in the TV documentary series Great Canal Journeys (2014–2019), travelling waterways in the UK and abroad with her husband, the actor Timothy West."
tagline: "British actress (1932–2025)"
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birthDate: "1932-06-22"
deathDate: "2025-10-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump