"Our darling mother Prunella Scales died peacefully at home in London yesterday. She was 93. Although dementia forced her retirement from a remarkable acting career of nearly 70 years, she continued to live at home. She was watching Fawlty Towers the day before she died. Pru was married to Timothy West for 61 years. He died in November 2024. She is survived by two sons and one stepdaughter, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren."
"Scales, who was born in Surrey in 1932, began her career as an assistant stage manager for the Bristol Old Vic theatre, having studied at its associated drama school. Her mother, Catherine, was an actor and her father, John, was a cotton salesman who loved the theatre. She told the Guardian in 2009: Acting was always in the air. But when I got into the Bristol Old Vic my headmistress wrote to the director and said:"
Prunella Scales died peacefully at home in London at age 93 after a 2013 Alzheimer's diagnosis. Dementia ended an acting career spanning nearly 70 years, but she continued to live at home and watched Fawlty Towers the day before she died. She was married to Timothy West for 61 years; he died in November 2024. She is survived by two sons, one stepdaughter, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Scales began her career at the Bristol Old Vic after studying at its drama school and appeared in television, radio and film roles including The Marriage Lines and Mapp and Lucia.
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