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‘Perfection’: how Prunella Scales’s Sybil Fawlty is one of TV comedy’s best characters

The accomplished classical actress had a perfect ear and the ability to effortlessly pull off demanding jokes. Her performance as Sybil alongside John Cleese in Fawlty Towers was one of sitcoms’ finest

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Fawlty Towers creator remembers ‘really wonderful comic’ Prunella Scales

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Fawlty Towers creator John Cleese pays tribute to ‘perfect’ onscreen wife Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales played Sybil, the long-suffering wife of bumbling hotelier Basil Fawlty

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Prunella Scales obituary

Versatile stage and screen actor who found TV comedy fame as Sybil Fawlty and later played Elizabeth II on stage

The Guardian - UK

John Cleese pays tribute to Fawlty Towers’ Prunella Scales

The actress died at the age of 93, her family announced.

Evening Standard

Prunella Scales Cause of Death: Actress' Last Day Was Spent Watching Fawlty Towers

Prunella Scales, iconic Sybil Fawlty, dies aged 93 after bravely living with dementia. Discover her incredible career, touching final days, and lasting legacy.

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‘National treasure’ Prunella Scales remembered as a ‘gifted human being’

The actress has died at the age of 93.

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Actress Prunella Scales, best known for playing Sybil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers, dies aged 93

The actress Prunella Scales, best known for her role as Sybil Fawlty in the British comedy series Fawlty Series, has died aged 93.

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Prunella Scales, who played Sybil in British sitcom 'Fawlty Towers,' dies at 93

Actor Prunella Scales has died at 93

The Independent UK

Share your tributes and memories of Prunella Scales

We would like to hear your tributes and memories of Prunella Scales – whether you met her, or appreciated her work

The Guardian - UK

Fawlty Towers star Prunella Scales dies aged 93

Actress Prunella Scales, known for her role in classic sitcom Fawlty Towers, has passed away at the age of 93.

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In Pictures: Prunella Scales was an actress, campaigner and documentary maker

Although her most famous role was Sybil Fawlty, she charmed many with travelogues detailing her canal journeys with actor and husband Timothy West.

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Prunella Scales dies aged 93: John Cleese leads tributes as Fawlty Towers actress passes away after Alzheimer's battle

Scales, who was married to fellow actor Timothy West for over 60 years, had been living with Alzheimer’s disease since her diagnosis in 2013

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Prunella Scales was a queen of comedy with a passion for classical theatre

The actor best known as TV’s Sybil Fawlty dazzled over five decades on stage, in roles from from Shakespeare to Alan Bennett

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Prunella Scales on how Timothy West marriage remained unchanged over 60 years

Prunella Scales reflected on how her marriage to Timothy West remained unchanged over 60 years in a moving 2023 interview.

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Fawlty Towers actor Prunella Scales dies aged 93

Actor portrayed Sybil Fawlty and later charmed viewers with her canal boat journeys alongside husband Timothy West

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Prunella Scales death: Fawlty Towers actor dies aged 93

Actor was best known for playing the bossy wife to John Cleese’s eccentric hotelier Basil Fawlty in the acclaimed BBC sitcom

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Prunella Scales will forever be known as the long-suffering wife of Basil Fawlty

Although she was regularly cast in comic roles, her abilities ranged far more widely than that – she even appeared in opera.

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Actor Timothy West’s cause of death revealed at inquest

The 90-year-old died at a care home where he was receiving palliative care after a three-month stay in hospital following a fall

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Timothy West died ‘peacefully’ after three-month hospital stay

An inquest into the veteran actor’s death was heard at Westminster Coroner’s Court on Thursday

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Timothy West's son reveals poignant time of legendary star of stage and screen's death

Timothy West's time of death has a moving significance to his theatre career.

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Timothy West’s son Samuel reveals acting legend’s final words to him before death

‘Slow Horses’ star also revealed the ‘beautiful’ significance behind his father’s time of death

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Timothy West death: Inquest opened by coroner into much-loved actor's death

A coroner is investigating the death of Timothy West

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Letters: Timothy West obituary

John Henderson (Enigmastist) writes: Tim described how he and Pru had fallen in love while solving an Araucaria puzzle

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