English actress (died 2025)

Prunella Scales

Prunella Margaret Rumney West, known professionally as Prunella Scales, was an English actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Sybil Fawlty in the BBC television sitcom Fawlty Towers (1975–1979) and her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in Alan Bennett's A Question of Attribution (1991), which earned her a BAFTA nomination. She later appeared in the TV documentary series Great Canal Journeys (2014–2019), travelling waterways in the UK and abroad with her husband, the actor Timothy West.

Born

1932

June 22

Died

2025

Era

1930s

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2025 Died

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-168 Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat Macedonian King Perseus who surrenders after the battle, ending the Third Macedonian War.
431 The Council of Ephesus, the third ecumenical council, begins, dealing with Nestorianism.
813 Battle of Versinikia: The Bulgars led by Krum defeat the Byzantine army near Edirne. Emperor Michael I is forced to abdicate in favor of Leo V the Armenian.

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The world in 1932

When Prunella arrived

april 24 Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.
april 5 Dominion of Newfoundland: Ten thousand rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.
august 2 The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
august 24 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).

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Abbas Kiarostami 1940–2016 Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, and photographer (born 1940) Clifton McNeely 1919– American basketball player and coach (died 2003) Darryl Brohman 1956– Australian rugby league player and sportscaster Jimmy Somerville 1961– Scottish singer-songwriter Jo Cox 1974–2016 English political activist and MP (born 1974) Maximilian von Spee 1861–1914 Danish-German admiral (born 1861) Rui Zong 662–716 Chinese emperor (born 662) Stephen Chow 1962– Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Ura Kazuki 1992– Japanese sumo wrestler

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Alfonso Arau 1932– Mexican actor and director Athol Fugard 1932–2025 South African-American actor, director, and playwright (died 2025) Benigno Aquino Jr. 1932–1983 Filipino journalist and politician (born 1932) Christopher Lasch 1932–1994 American historian and critic (born 1932) Derek Taylor 1932–1997 English journalist and author (died 1997) Don Valentine 1932– American venture capitalist (died 2019) Fernando Botero 1932–2023 Colombian painter and sculptor (died 2023) Francis Arinze 1932– Nigerian cardinal Hassan al-Turabi 1932–2016 Sudanese activist and politician (died 2016)

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