Acting
Prunella Scales
- Titles
- 55movies37TV shows
- Career
Active from 1953 to 2014, with a break from 1963 to 1974, with up to 3 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 27top three billing
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
Fawlty Towers93/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 26 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Wit & Wordplay6.5average 3.7
- Situational Comedy5.1average 2.7
- Satire & Parody4.6average 2.3
- Historical4.8average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.6average 3.6
- Class & Capitalism4.6average 3.3
- Cringe Humor3.5average 2.2
- Wholesome4.4average 3.3
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline2.6, average 5.1
- Violence1.9, average 4.3
- Contemporary Realism3.4, average 5.2
- Scare1.0, average 2.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 4
- Dialogue-Driven 3
- Psychological Drama 3
- Character-Driven Humor 3
- Character Study 3
- British Sitcom 2
- Witty Dialogue 2
- Farce 2
- Strong Female Lead 2
- Nostalgic 2
- Character-Driven 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Timothy WestActorDickens, When We Are Married, Dirty Beasts, Revolting Rhymes, What the Butler Saw
Geoffrey PalmerActorLook at the State We're In!, Dickens, A Question of Attribution, Absurd Person Singular
Vanessa RedgraveActorHowards End, Consuming Passions, The Shell Seekers
Edward de SouzaActorAfter Henry, Marriage Lines, A Question of Attribution
Alan BennettActorThe Merry Wives of Windsor, A Question of Attribution, Doris and Doreen
Ronald HinesActorMarriage Lines, Beyond The Pale
Ben KingsleyActorFreddie as F.R.O.7., The Merry Wives of Windsor
Raymond HuntleyActorWaltz of the Toreadors, Laxdale Hall
Samuel WestActorHowards End, Stiff Upper Lips
Derek JacobiActorBreaking the Code, The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
Jonathan PryceActorFreddie as F.R.O.7., Consuming Passions
Anthony HopkinsActorHowards End, A Chorus of Disapproval
Movies and TV shows
842010s
4 titles · average score 51
as Madame
73
as Joan
35
as Woman in Pub
44
as Great Aunt Greta
2000s
8 titles · average score 73
70
as Dolly Keeling
as Customer
as Lady Moping
78
TV show · as Mrs Mackenzie
75
TV show · as Red Admiral
TV show
70as Queen Victoria
1990s
27 titles · average score 63
59
as Aunt Agnes
77
TV show · as Eleanor Bunsall
78
TV show · as Anne Parker
62
as Sara Turing
TV show · as Elizabeth Palmore
67
as Margery
as Marjorie
62
as Maude Waggins
71
as Aunt Juley
51
as Queen (voice)
71
as H.M.Q.
1980s
22 titles · average score 62
54
as Hannah Ap Llewellyn
63
TV show
as Celia Bryce
67
as Ethel
as Annie Parker
68
as Moira O'Neill
TV show · as Jocelyn Anderson
72
TV show
as Marion Brewster-Wright
48
as Lady Kingsclere
as Mistress Page
as Miriam
1970s
13 titles · average score 68
as Doris Rutter
68
as Mrs. Harrington
TV show · as Mistress Page
TV show · as Dolly
TV show
as Florence Farr
68
as Mrs. Sandman
TV show
93
TV show · as Sybil Fawlty
TV show · as Florence Farr
TV show
1960s
5 titles · average score 56
60
TV show · as Queen Jemima
TV show · as Marie
53
as Estella Fitzjohn
TV show
TV show · as Laura Morrell
1950s
5 titles · average score 69
71
as Council Office Worker (uncredited)
75
as Vicky Hobson
61as Morag McLeod
TV show · as Lydia Bennet