> Fawlty Towers actress Prunella Scales has died aged 93, her family have confirmed.
> Scales was best known for playing hotel manager Sybil Fawlty, the bossy wife of Basil, in the classic British sitcom.
> The actress died “peacefully at home in London yesterday”, her sons Samuel and Joseph said.
> She went on to receive a Bafta nomination for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth Il in Alan Bennett’s 1991 televised play, A Question of Attribution.
nick9000 on
There are so many people in the 1988 ‘An Audience with Peter Ustinov’ who are no longer with us – [here Prunella Scales is laughing at Ustinov’s impression of Constant Lambert](https://youtu.be/Bi1GXrLLHjs?t=260).
upadownpipe on
Basil will be blamed for this, as always.
RIP. Thanks for the great moments and memories.
Jensablefur on
Such amazing casting as Sybil Fawlty… You absolutely believed that these two characters were a world-weary married couple.
jammiedodgermonster on
First Patricia Routledge and now Prunella Scales. We are sadly at a point where the actors and actresses from the classics are all in their twilight years. It is sad that those who have bought laughter to generations are all passing on.
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> Fawlty Towers actress Prunella Scales has died aged 93, her family have confirmed.
> Scales was best known for playing hotel manager Sybil Fawlty, the bossy wife of Basil, in the classic British sitcom.
> The actress died “peacefully at home in London yesterday”, her sons Samuel and Joseph said.
> She went on to receive a Bafta nomination for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth Il in Alan Bennett’s 1991 televised play, A Question of Attribution.
There are so many people in the 1988 ‘An Audience with Peter Ustinov’ who are no longer with us – [here Prunella Scales is laughing at Ustinov’s impression of Constant Lambert](https://youtu.be/Bi1GXrLLHjs?t=260).
Basil will be blamed for this, as always.
RIP. Thanks for the great moments and memories.
Such amazing casting as Sybil Fawlty… You absolutely believed that these two characters were a world-weary married couple.
First Patricia Routledge and now Prunella Scales. We are sadly at a point where the actors and actresses from the classics are all in their twilight years. It is sad that those who have bought laughter to generations are all passing on.