Best known “for playing unfortunate wives,” she had a decades-long career in the theater and on television.
Prunella Scales, the British actress best known for her role as Sybil Fawlty, the unflappable foil to her hotheaded husband, Basil, in the sitcom “Fawlty Towers,” died on Monday at her home in London. She was 93.
Her death was announced by her sons, ... [6055 chars]