Acting
Prunella Scales
- Titles
- 60movies42TV shows
- Career
Active from 1953 to 2014, with a break from 1963 to 1972, with up to 3 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 30top three billing
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
Fawlty Towers94/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 36 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Wit & Wordplay6.1average 3.7
- Situational Comedy4.9average 2.7
- Nostalgia5.8average 3.7
- Historical4.6average 2.6
- Satire & Parody4.2average 2.3
- Cringe Humor3.3average 2.2
- Family Dynamics5.7average 4.8
- Wholesome4.2average 3.3
Rarely in their work
- Violence2.1, average 4.2
- Adrenaline2.9, average 4.9
- Contemporary Realism3.4, average 5.4
- Scare1.3, average 2.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Psychological Drama 3
- Social Commentary 3
- Dialogue-Driven 3
- Character Study 3
- Witty Dialogue 3
- Character-Driven Humor 3
- Atmospheric 2
- Coming-of-Age 2
- Strong Female Lead 2
- Historical Setting 2
- Social Satire 2
- British Sitcom 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Timothy WestActorWhen We Are Married, Dirty Beasts, What the Butler Saw, Revolting Rhymes
Vanessa RedgraveActorHowards End, Consuming Passions, The Shell Seekers
Alan BennettActorA Question of Attribution, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Doris and Doreen
Ben KingsleyActorFreddie As F.R.O.7., The Merry Wives of Windsor
Nigel HawthorneActorFreddie As F.R.O.7., Mapp & Lucia
Leslie AshActorNatural Causes, Outside Edge
Jonathan PryceActorFreddie As F.R.O.7., Consuming Passions
George ColeActorNatural Causes, The Ghost of Greville Lodge- JJulian KerridgeActorFair Game, Breaking the Code
Victoria HamiltonActorThe Shell Seekers, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Tyler ButterworthActorConsuming Passions, What the Butler Saw
Raymond HuntleyActorWaltz of the Toreadors, Laxdale Hall
Movies and TV shows
932010s
4 titles · average score 40
as Madame
as Joan
as Woman in Pub
as Great Aunt Greta
2000s
10 titles · average score 64
as Dolly Keeling
as Customer
as Lady Moping
as Sybil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV show · as Mrs Mackenzie
TV show · as Red Admiral
TV show · as Elizabeth Dickens
as Queen Victoria
1990s
27 titles · average score 66
as Aunt Agnes
TV show · as Eleanor Bunsall
TV show · as Anne Parker
as Sara Turing
TV show · as Elizabeth Palmore
as Margery
as Marjorie
as Aunt Juley
as Queen (voice)
as Aunt Ellie
as H.M.Q.
1980s
26 titles · average score 63
as Hannah Ap Llewellyn
TV show · as Sarah France
as Celia Bryce
as Ethel
as Annie Parker
as Mrs Prentice
as Moira O'Neill
TV show · as Jocelyn Anderson
TV show · as Miss Elizabeth Mapp
as Lady Kingsclere
as Miriam
TV show · as Gloria Gibbins
1970s
15 titles · average score 60
as Doris Rutter
as Mrs. Harrington
TV show · as Mistress Page
TV show · as Mavis Blackhead
TV show · as Dolly
TV show · as Diana Blake
as Mrs. Sandman
TV show · as Sybil Fawlty
TV show · as Florence Farr
TV show · as Marion Joyce
TV show · as Babs Pickard
1960s
5 titles · average score 56
TV show · as Queen Jemima
TV show · as Marie
as Estella Fitzjohn
TV show · as Kate Starling
TV show · as Laura Morrell
1950s
6 titles · average score 74
as Council Office Worker (uncredited)
as Vicky Hobson
as Customer
as Morag McLeod
TV show · as Lydia Bennet