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Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

Highest Rated: 100% Second Best (1994)

Lowest Rated: 0% The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)

Birthday: Jun 22, 1932

Birthplace: Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK

A gifted comedienne, Prunella Scales is perhaps best recognized as the as the bane of husband/hotel manager Basil Fawlty (John Cleese) in the British sitcom "Fawlty Towers" (BBC, 1975 and 1979). While primarily a beloved stage actress in her native Britain, she has made intermittent, and highly effective, appearances in several TV programs and films.

Highest rated movies

100% Second Best
100% The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
94% Howards End
92% Hobson's Choice
89% Jane Austen's Emma
70% The Boys From Brazil
62% Wolf
40% Stiff Upper Lips

Photos

A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL, Prunella Scales, Jeremy Irons, 1988, (c)Southgate Entertainment STIFF UPPER LIPS, Prunella Scales, 1998 A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL, Jeremy Irons, Prunella Scales, 1988, (c) Southgate Entertainment HOBSON'S CHOICE, Brenda de Banzie, Helen Hayes, John Mills, Prunella Scales, Daphne Anderson, Charles Laughton, 1954 HOBSON'S CHOICE, from left: Brenda De Banzie, Charles Laughton, Prunella Scales, Daphne Anderson, John Mills, 1954 ESCAPE FROM THE DARK, (aka THE LITTLEST HORSE THIEVES), from left: Prunella Scales, Andrew Harrison, Susan Tebbs, 1976 CONSUMING PASSIONS, Prunella Scales, Tyler Butterworth, Sammi Davis, 1988, (c)Samuel Goldwyn Films A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL, Prunella Scales, Jeremy Irons, Jenny Seagorve, 1988, (c) Southgate Entertainment WOLF, Prunella Scales, 1994, (c) Columbia STIFF UPPER LIPS, from left: Prunella Scales, Georgina Cates, 1998, © Cowboy Booking International STIFF UPPER LIPS, front from left: Georgina Cates, Sean Pertwee, rear from left: Prunella Scales, Peter Ustinov, Frank Finlay, Robert Portal, Samuel West, 1998, © Cowboy Booking International
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 88% The Phone Call Joan (Character) - 2013
9% 40% Horrid Henry: The Movie Great Aunt Greta (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye Unknown (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Shell Seekers Unknown (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Shell Seekers Unknown (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 40% The Shell Seekers Unknown (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Station Jim Queen Victoria (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 65% The Ghost of Greville Lodge Sarah (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 50% Mad Cows Dr. Minny Stinkler (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 17% An Ideal Husband Lady Markby (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Midsomer Murders: Beyond the Grave Eleanor Bunsall (Character) - 1998
40% 44% Stiff Upper Lips Aunt Agnes (Character) $71.8K 1997
89% 73% Jane Austen's Emma Miss Bates (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lord of Misrule Shirley (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dalziel & Pascoe: An Advancement of Learning Edith Disney (Character) - 1996
40% 57% An Awfully Big Adventure Rose (Character) $258.0K 1995
100% 79% Second Best Margery (Character) $68.5K 1994
62% 43% Wolf Maude (Character) $65.0M 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rector's Wife Unknown (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Never Love a Thief Unknown (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Friend Walter Aunt Elle (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Question of Attribution H.M.Q. (Character) - 1992
94% 81% Howards End Aunt Juley (Character) $157.9K 1992
No Score Yet 83% Breaking the Code Sara Turing (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 30% A Chorus of Disapproval Hannah Ap Llewellyn (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 19% Consuming Passions Ethel (Character) $56.2K 1988
100% 77% The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne Moira O'Neill (Character) $82.7K 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Absurd Person Singular Marion Brewster (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 38% The Wicked Lady Lady Kingsclere (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Outside Edge Miriam (Character) - 1982
0% 42% The Hound of the Baskervilles Glynis (Character) - 1978
70% 66% The Boys From Brazil Mrs. Harrington (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 75% The Littlest Horse Thieves Mrs. Sandman (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 44% Waltz of the Toreadors Estella Fitzjohn (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shop Spoiled Customer (Character) - 1954
92% 91% Hobson's Choice Vicky Hobson (Character) - 1954

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Great Canal Journeys Host 2014-2020 2024
No Score Yet 87% Midsomer Murders Eleanor Bunsall (Character) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Masterpiece Theatre Unknown (Character) 1996
100% 91% Fawlty Towers Sybil Fawlty (Character) 1975 1979