Prunella Scales Regis Martin/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Prunella Scales, who starred with John Cleese as the squabbling married co-owners of a quaint seaside hotel on the beloved British sitcom Fawlty Towers, has died. She was 93. Scales died "peacefully at home in London," her sons Samuel and Joseph said in a statement provided to The Hollywood Reporter. She had battled dementia in recent years.