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Prunella Scales

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She played Queen Victoria in Looking for Victoria. Her son Samuel West had previously played Prince Albert Victor Edward, Duke of Clarence, Queen Victoria's grandson, in both Edward the King and The Ripper while her husband Timothy West played the eponymous role of Queen Victoria's eldest son and eventual successor in the former. See more trivia »

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Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth
in Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK
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2013 The Ogre Hunters (short)
 
2012 Stranger Danger (short)
Violet Mangham
 
2012 Run for Your Wife
Woman at Pub
 
2011 Horrid Henry: The Movie
Great Aunt Greta
 
2011 The Royal (TV series)
Red Admiral
– Dead Air (2011) … Red Admiral
 
2008 Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye (TV movie)
Mrs Mackenzie
 
2007 Think (short)
Customer
 
2006 The Shell Seekers (TV movie)
Dolly Keeling
 
2006 Helix (short)
Gemima Barrington-Law
 
2006 Mr. Loveday's Little Outing (TV movie)
Lady Moping
 
2005 Where the Heart Is (TV series)
Hattie Dymchurch
– When All This Is Over (2005) … Hattie Dymchurch
 
2004 Casualty (TV series)
Jocelyn Anderson
– Out with a Bang (2004) … Jocelyn Anderson
 
2004 Brand Spanking (short)
Voice of Morphinalax
 
2003 Looking for Victoria (TV movie)
Presenter / Queen Victoria
 
2003 Johnny English
The Queen (uncredited)
 
2002 Dickens (TV series)
Elizabeth Dickens
– Secrets (2002) … Elizabeth Dickens
 
2002 A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (TV movie)
Grace
 
2001 Station Jim (TV movie)
Queen Victoria
 
2001 Silent Witness (TV series)
Anne Parker
– Faith (2001) … Anne Parker
 
2000 An Ideal Husband
Lady Markby
 
2000 The Ghost of Greville Lodge
Sarah
 
2000 Animated Tales of the World (TV series)
Narrator
– Ewenn Congar: A Story from France … Narrator (voice)
 
2000 Midsomer Murders (TV series)
Eleanor Bunsall
– Beyond the Grave (2000) … Eleanor Bunsall
 
1999 The Big Knights (TV series)
Queen Melissa (voice)
 
1999 Mad Cows
Dr. Minny Stinkler
 
1998 Stiff Upper Lips
Aunt Agnes
 
1998 Keeping Mum (TV series)
Marjorie
– The Aunt (1998) … Marjorie
 
1998 Dennis the Menace (TV series)
Mrs. Duffel
– Summer Holiday (1998) … Mrs. Duffel (voice)
 
1997 Phoenix (short)
The Client
 
1996 Emma (TV movie)
Miss Bates
 
1996 Breaking the Code (TV movie)
Sara Turing
 
1996 Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)
Edith Disney
– An Advancement of Learning (1996) … Edith Disney
 
1996 Lord of Misrule (TV movie)
Shirley
 
1995 Searching (TV series)
Mrs. Tilston
– Episode #1.7 (1995) … Mrs. Tilston
– Episode #1.6 (1995) … Mrs. Tilston
– Episode #1.5 (1995) … Mrs. Tilston
– Episode #1.4 (1995) … Mrs. Tilston
– Episode #1.3 (1995) … Mrs. Tilston
See all 6 episodes »
 
1995 Look at the State We're In! (TV mini-series)
Storyteller
 
1995 An Awfully Big Adventure
Rose
 
1995 Signs and Wonders (TV movie)
Elizabeth Palmore
 
1995 The World of Lee Evans (TV series)
Mother
– The Late Shift/Meet the Folks (1995) … Mother
 
1994 Second Best
Margery
 
1994 Wolf
Maude
 
1994 Fair Game (TV movie)
Marjorie
 
1994 The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (TV series)
Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
– The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher (1994) … Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (voice)
 
1994 The Rector's Wife (TV series)
Marjorie Richardson
– Episode #1.4 (1994) … Marjorie Richardson
– Episode #1.2 (1994) … Marjorie Richardson
– Episode #1.1 (1994) … Marjorie Richardson
 
1994 Woodcock (TV movie)
Captain
 
1994 Sherwood's Travels
 
1988-1992 After Henry (TV series)
Sarah France
– The Other Married Man (1992) … Sarah France
– The Married Man (1992) … Sarah France
– Yes and No (1992) … Sarah France
– A Fully Extended Family (1992) … Sarah France
– Poor Relations (1992) … Sarah France
See all 38 episodes »
 
1992 Freddie as F.R.O.7.
Queen (voice)
 
1992 My Friend Walter (TV movie)
Aunt Elle
 
1992 Howards End
Aunt Juley
 
1991 Screen One (TV series)
H.M.Q.
– A Question of Attribution (1991) … H.M.Q.
 
1990 Dirty Beasts (TV movie)
Narrator
 
1989 Screenplay (TV series)
Milly
– Beyond the Pale (1989) … Milly
 
1989 A Chorus of Disapproval
Hannah Ap Llewellyn
 
1988 Thompson (TV series)
– Episode #1.5 (1988)
 
1988 Natural Causes (TV movie)
Celia Bryce
 
1988 Consuming Passions
Ethel
 
1987 The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Moira O'Neill
 
1987 Theatre Night (TV series)
Mrs Prentice
– What the Butler Saw (1987) … Mrs Prentice
 
1987 When We Are Married (TV movie)
Annie Parker
 
1986 Unnatural Causes (TV series)
Judith
– Home Cooking (1986) … Judith
 
1985-1986 Mapp & Lucia (TV series)
Miss Elizabeth Mapp / Elizabeth Mapp
– Au Reservoir (1986) … Miss Elizabeth Mapp
– Worship (1986) … Elizabeth Mapp
– Lady Bountiful (1986) … Miss Elizabeth Mapp
– Change and Change About (1986) … Elizabeth Mapp
– Winner Takes All (1986) … Miss Elizabeth Mapp
See all 10 episodes »
 
1985 Absurd Person Singular (TV movie)
Marion Brewster-Wright
 
1984 Weekend Playhouse (TV series)
Olive Dodd
– Grand Duo (1984) … Olive Dodd
 
1983 Wagner (TV series)
Frau Pollert
 
1983 The Wicked Lady
Lady Kingsclere
 
1982 The Merry Wives of Windsor (TV movie)
Mistress Page
 
1982 Outside Edge (TV movie)
Miriam
 
1982 S.W.A.L.K. (TV series)
Aunt Patty
– Shaping Up (1982) … Aunt Patty
– Dem Old Dreams Are Only in Your Head (1982) … Aunt Patty
– Saturday Night Fever (1982) … Aunt Patty
– And Baby Makes Three (1982) … Aunt Patty
– Happy Ever After (1982) … Aunt Patty
See all 6 episodes »
 
1982 Never the Twain (TV series)
Susan Peel
– If You Knew Susan (1982) … Susan Peel
 
1981 Bergerac (TV series)
Gloria Gibbins
– Unlucky Dip (1981) … Gloria Gibbins
 
1975-1979 Fawlty Towers (TV series)
Sybil Fawlty
– Basil the Rat (1979) … Sybil Fawlty
– The Anniversary (1979) … Sybil Fawlty
– The Kipper and the Corpse (1979) … Sybil Fawlty
– Waldorf Salad (1979) … Sybil Fawlty
– The Psychiatrist (1979) … Sybil Fawlty
See all 12 episodes »
 
1978 Doris and Doreen (TV movie)
Doris Rutter
 
1978 The Boys from Brazil
Mrs. Harrington
 
1978 Target (TV series)
Diana Blake
– A Good and Faithful Woman (1978) … Diana Blake
 
1978 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Glynis
 
1978 Pickersgill People (TV series)
 
1974-1977 Mr. Big (TV series)
Dolly
– Vote for Rocksburgh (1977) … Dolly
– The Squatters (1977) … Dolly
– Easy Money (1977) … Dolly
– The Great Betting Shop Swindle (1977) … Dolly
– The Sheiks (1977) … Dolly
See all 14 episodes »
 
1977 BBC2 Playhouse (TV series)
Florence Farr
– The Achurch Letters (1977) … Florence Farr
 
1976 Lucky Feller (TV series)
Farmer's wife
– A Night on the Moors (1976) … Farmer's wife
 
1976 The Littlest Horse Thieves
Mrs. Sandman
 
1975 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Queen Jemima
– The Apple Cart (1975) … Queen Jemima
 
1975 Decisions, Decisions (video short)
 
1974 Comedy Playhouse (TV series)
Dolly
– The Big Job (1974) … Dolly
 
1974 The Big Job (TV movie)
Dolly
 
1973 7 of 1 (TV series)
Marion Joyce
– One Man's Meat (1973) … Marion Joyce
 
1973 Country Matters (TV mini-series)
Babs Pickard
– The Ring of Truth (1973) … Babs Pickard
 
1973 Full House (TV series)
Thelma
– Episode dated 6 January 1973 (1973) … Thelma
 
1971 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
– Blues in the Morning (1971)
 
1970 Jackanory (TV series)
Storyteller
– Penny Pony: Part 2 (1970) … Storyteller
– Penny Pony: Part 1 (1970) … Storyteller
– One's Pool: Part 3 (1970) … Storyteller
– One's Pool: Part 2 (1970) … Storyteller
– One's Pool: Part 1 (1970) … Storyteller
 
1966 On the Margin (TV series)
 
1961-1966 Marriage Lines (TV series)
Kate Starling
– And Then There Were Five (1966) … Kate Starling
– First House (1966) … Kate Starling
– Alarms and Excursions (1966) … Kate Starling
– Big Business (1966) … Kate Starling
– Home Market (1966) … Kate Starling
See all 44 episodes »
 
1964 A Christmas Night with the Stars (TV series)
Kate Starling
– Episode dated 25 December 1964 (1964) … Kate Starling
 
1962 Saki (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Lapping
– Episode #1.3 (1962) … Mrs. Lapping
 
1962 Waltz of the Toreadors
Estella Fitzjohn
 
1961 The Seven Faces of Jim (TV series)
Laura Morrell
– The Face of Genius (1961) … Laura Morrell
 
1961 Coronation Street (TV series)
Eileen Hughes
– Episode #1.22 (1961) … Eileen Hughes
– Episode #1.19 (1961) … Eileen Hughes
– Episode #1.18 (1961) … Eileen Hughes
– Episode #1.14 (1961) … Eileen Hughes
– Episode #1.13 (1961) … Eileen Hughes
 
1955-1960 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Gabrielle / Joy Miller / Mrs. Pepys
– The New Man (1960) … Joy Miller
– And So to Bed (1957) … Mrs. Pepys
– French for Love (1955) … Gabrielle
 
1960 Saturday Playhouse (TV series)
Joan Deal
– The Shop at Sly Corner (1960) … Joan Deal
 
1960 Inside Story (TV series)
Jean
– Roger (1960) … Jean
 
1960 BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV series)
Maud Murch
– Twentieth Century Theatre: The Queen Came By (1960) … Maud Murch
 
1960 The Secret Garden (TV series)
Martha
– I Shall Live for Ever and Ever (1960) … Martha
– A Tantrum (1960) … Martha
– I Am Colin (1960) … Martha
– The Door in the Wall (1960) … Martha
– The Cry in the Corridor (1960) … Martha
See all 6 episodes »
 
1957-1959 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Grace Kennion / Morag
– The Younger Generation (1959) … Grace Kennion
– Mr. Bolfry (1957) … Morag
 
1959 Room at the Top
Council Office Worker (uncredited)
 
1954 Shop Spoiled
Eunice - Customer
 
1954 What Every Woman Wants
Mary
 
1954 Hobson's Choice
Vicky Hobson
 
1954 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
Prudence Buckland
– Beau Brummell (1954) … Prudence Buckland
 
1953 Scotch on the Rocks
Morag McLeod
 
1952 Pride and Prejudice (TV mini-series)
Lydia Bennet
– Episode #1.5 (1952) … Lydia Bennet
– Episode #1.4 (1952) … Lydia Bennet
– Episode #1.2 (1952) … Lydia Bennet
– Episode #1.1 (1952) … Lydia Bennet
 
Show ShowSelf (36 titles)
2013 Richard Briers: A Tribute (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2012 Britain's Funniest Comedy Characters (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2009 Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits (TV documentary)
Herself (also archive footage) / Sybil Fawlty (also archive footage)
 
2009 Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened (TV documentary)
Herself (also archive footage) / Sybil Fawlty (also archive footage)
 
2008 Time Shift (TV series documentary)
Herself
– How to Solve a Cryptic Crossword (2008) … Herself
 
2008 The British Soap Awards 2008 (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
2007 Children in Need (TV series)
Herself / Sybil Fawlty
– Episode dated 16 November 2007 (2007) … Herself / Sybil Fawlty
 
2007 The Comedy Map of Britain (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode #1.2 (2007) … Herself
 
2000-2007 Loose Women (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #11.13 (2007) … Herself
– Episode #2.4 (2000) … Herself
 
2007 This Week (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 18 January 2007 (2007) … Herself
 
2007 What the Pythons Did Next... (TV documentary)
Herself (as Prunella Scales CBE)
 
2006 Britain's Funniest Comedy Characters (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2006 An Audience with Coronation Street (TV documentary)
Herself - Audience Member
 
2006 The King's Head: A Maverick in London (video documentary)
Herself
 
2006 The Ultimate Sitcom (TV documentary)
 
2005 Fawlty Towers Revisited (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2005 Breakfast (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 20 September 2005 (2005) … Herself
 
2005 'Fawlty Towers' @ 30 (TV movie)
Herself
 
2005 The Royal Wedding of HRH the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles (TV movie)
Herself
 
2004 Essential Poems for Christmas (TV movie)
Herself - Reader
 
2004 Good Morning Australia (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 8 November 2004 (2004) … Herself
 
2004 The Funny Ladies of British Comedy (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2002 A History of Britain (TV series documentary)
Queen Victoria
– Victoria and Her Sisters (2002) … Queen Victoria (voice)
 
2001 Top Ten (TV series documentary)
Herself
– TV Bitches (2001) … Herself
 
2001 This Morning (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 18 September 2001 (2001) … Herself
 
2001 The Human Face (TV mini-series documentary)
Pet Shop Owner
– Beauty (2001) … Pet Shop Owner
 
2000 Funny Turns (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Richard Briers: A Good Life (2000) … Herself
 
1998 Funny Women (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Prunella Scales (1998) … Herself
 
1997 Light Lunch (TV series)
Herself
– Married to the Job, Darling (1997) … Herself
 
1997 The Sunday Programme (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 27 July 1997 (1997) … Herself
 
1997 An Audience with Alf Garnett (TV movie)
Herself - Audience Member
 
1996 The Animal Family (TV documentary)
Narrator - part 1 (voice)
 
1992 Aspel & Company (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #9.7 (1992) … Herself
 
1990 Forty Minutes (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– A Safe Sex for a Safe Seat (1990) … Narrator
 
1988 Everyman (TV series documentary)
Herself - Presenter
– Who'd Marry a Vicar? (1988) … Herself - Presenter
 
1967-1977 Call My Bluff (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 17 June 1977 (1977) … Herself
– Episode dated 10 June 1977 (1977) … Herself
– Episode dated 25 January 1971 (1971) … Herself
– Episode dated 18 January 1971 (1971) … Herself
– Episode dated 5 November 1967 (1967) … Herself
 
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2009 Stars on the Street (TV documentary)
Eileen Hughes (uncredited)
 
2009 Live from Studio Five (TV series)
 
1991 Auntie's Bloomers
Herself
 

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One-woman stage show "An Evening with Queen Victoria", first performed 1980. See more »

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Alternate Names:

Prunella Scales CBE

Height:

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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. See more »

Trivia:

She played Queen Victoria in Looking for Victoria. Her son Samuel West had previously played Prince Albert Victor Edward, Duke of Clarence, Queen Victoria's grandson, in both Edward the King and The Ripper while her husband Timothy West played the eponymous role of Queen Victoria's eldest son and eventual successor in the former. See more »

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Star Sign:

Cancer