Prunella Scales
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| Known for: |
Howards End, Wolf, Hobson's Choice |
| Birth name: |
Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth |
| Birthday: |
22 June 1932,
Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England, UK |
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Has two sons with husband Timothy; Sam and Joe

Mother of
Samuel West

Has a step-daughter named Juliet West.

She was awarded the Patricia Rothermere Award at the 2001 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for her contributions to British Theatre.

British classical stage actress trained at both the Old Vic Theatre School in London and the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York.

Achieved her greatest success on TV as the nosy, shrewish wife Sybil Fawlty on the classic John Cleese comedy "Fawlty Towers."

She was awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1992 for her services to drama while her husband Timothy West was awarded his C.B.E. in 1984.

In October of 2003, she became seriously ill and was taken to the hospital for emergency heart operation (angioplasty).
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