Prunella Scales

Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth CBE was born on the 22nd of June 1932. Still most famous for the part of Sybil Fawlty in the 1970's sit-com Fawlty Towers she has a long career as an actress stretching from the 1960's to the present. In recent years she has appeared in the long running Radio 4 comedy Ladies of Letters. In 1961 she played Eileen Hughes, who sought the attentions of Harry Hewitt.