Fawlty Towers actress Prunella Scales dies aged 93

Cleese stated in a press release: “How very sad. Pru was a really wonderful comic actress. I’ve recently been watching a number of clips of Fawlty Towers whilst researching a book. Scene after scene she was absolutely perfect.”

He added: “She was a very sweet lady, who spent a lot of her life apologising. I used to tease her about it. I was very, very fond of her.”

The actress who performs Sybil within the stage adaptation of the sitcom – Fawlty Towers: The Play – paid tribute to Scales, saying she felt “the weight and joy of honouring her legacy”.

“I knew I had big shoes to fill but Prunella has created such a gift of a part, it has been nothing but a privilege,” Mia Austen stated.

Broadcaster Gyles Brandreth remembered her as “a funny, intelligent, interesting, gifted human being”.

Jon Petrie, director of comedy on the BBC, provided: “She was a national treasure whose brilliance as Sybil Fawlty lit up screens and still makes us laugh today.”

An official spokesman for prime minister Sir Keir Starmer famous how Scales was “part of a golden era of British comedy” and somebody who “gave many people a huge amount of enjoyment”.

Scales additionally went on to obtain a Bafta nomination for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in Alan Bennett’s 1991 televised play, A Question of Attribution.

But she’s going to eternally be most intently recognized with the domineering and long-suffering comedy creation Sybil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers, greatest outlined by one bark of “Basil”.