Prunella Scales is a British actress. She played Sybil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers, co-starred as Elizabeth Mapp in Mapp and Lucia, and portrayed Queen Elizabeth II in A Question of Attribution. Scales has also appeared in films such as Hobson’s Choice, Howards End alongside Helena Bonham Carter, Second Best, Wolf, and Jane Austen’s Emma with Kate Beckinsale. She has made music contributions, including the song Hermit Wanted with Mick Jackson.