News Summary

• Prunella Scales, who played Sybil Fawlty in the iconic BBC sitcom, has died.
• She was 93 and died at her home Monday after a long battle with dementia.
• Scales began her career as an assistant stage manager at the Bristol Old Vic theater in the 1950s before starring in the likes of Pride and Prejudice and Hobson’s Choice.
• Her big break came in sitcom Marriage Lines, where she played Kate Starling opposite Richard Briers.
• In 1992, Scales was nominated for a BAFTA for her role playing Queen Elizabeth II in Alan Bennett's televised play A Question of Attribution.