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Prunella Scales has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1990s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Fawlty Towers.
Recurring themes

Green Card
1990
Comedy · Romance

Stepmom
1998
Drama · Romance

Show Me Love
1998
Comedy · Romance

Frankie and Johnny
1991
Drama · Romance

Threesome
1994
Comedy · Drama

The Hairdresser's Husband
1990
Comedy · Drama

The Story of Us
1999
Drama · Comedy

Big Night
1996
Drama · Romance

Owner Basil Fawlty, his wife Sybil, a chambermaid Polly, and Spanish waiter Manuel attempt to run their hotel amidst farcical situations and an array of demanding guests.
Dir. Connie Booth, John Cleese · With John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Connie Booth

A widower refuses to let his three daughters marry in order to avoid paying settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.
Dir. David Lean · With Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda De Banzie

A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.
Dir. James Ivory · With Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham Carter, Anthony Hopkins
Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightley.
Dir. Diarmuid Lawrence · With Kate Beckinsale, Mark Strong, Samantha Morton