{"id":2120252,"date":"2025-10-28T10:52:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2120252"},"modified":"2025-10-28T10:52:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:52:04","slug":"fawlty-towers-star-prunella-scales-dies-aged-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/fawlty-towers-star-prunella-scales-dies-aged-93\/","title":{"rendered":"Fawlty Towers star Prunella Scales dies aged 93"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fawlty Towers actress Prunella Scales has died aged 93, her family have confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Scales was best known for playing hotel manager Sybil Fawlty, the bossy wife of Basil, in the classic British sitcom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The actress died &#8220;peacefully at home in London yesterday&#8221;, her sons Samuel and Joseph said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She went on to receive a Bafta nomination for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in Alan Bennett&#8217;s 1991 televised play, A Question of Attribution.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_l9p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_l9p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_l9p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 hidden pb-5 md:block\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_159p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_159p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {\n        #_R_159p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. 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