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Prunella Scales. What more do I have to say? The stage name alone offers up a certain oddity and eccentricity that her physical appearance continues to suggest. I fell in love with her portrayal of Sybil Fawlty, the off color and regal proprietress of the most ill-managed guest house in the history of England. Her economy of manner, so precise and suggestive, was a wonderful foil to the physical stammerings and mishaps of Basil Fawlty. Sunday night I watched Prunella in a remarkably un-Sybil role in a new Masterpiece Mystery: Miss Marple . The Jane Marple stories have [...]