Prunella Scales CBE 1998 by Stephen B Whatley
British star of stage & screen Prunella Scales, in a portrait by expressionist artist Stephen B Whatley; painted at the actress's London home in 1998.
The artist found the actress to have retained her wide-eyed beauty, a soulfulness ; and the painting includes interpretations of the many books piled & stacked in the room.
Prunella Scales (1932 -) is a prolific actress of stage , film and television ; brilliantly adept at both roles of hight comedy farce and classic drama. She trained at the Old Vic Theatre School in London & the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York.
Onscreen since 1952 she has starred in numerous television productions and films, notable highlights being the 1975 BBC comedy series, 'Fawlty Towers' , in which she starred with John Cleese; and her portrayal of two monarchs : as Queen Elizabeth II in the 1992 TV adaption of Alan Bennett's play, 'A Question of Attribution'; & as Queen Victoria in 'Looking For Victoria' (2003).
Ms Scales is also a dedicated political activist and supporter of charities. She supports the Labour Party appearing on the party's campaign films in 2005 & 2010; & is an ambassador of SOS Children's Villages, an international orphan charity providing homes and mothers for orphaned and abandoned children.
In 1992 Prunella Scales was awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) for services to drama, by HM the Queen. She is married to the actor Timothy West CBE and one of their three children, Samuel West is also a respected actor & director.
Oil on canvas
30 x 24in/76 x 61cm
Prunella Scales CBE 1998 by Stephen B Whatley
British star of stage & screen Prunella Scales, in a portrait by expressionist artist Stephen B Whatley; painted at the actress's London home in 1998.
The artist found the actress to have retained her wide-eyed beauty, a soulfulness ; and the painting includes interpretations of the many books piled & stacked in the room.
Prunella Scales (1932 -) is a prolific actress of stage , film and television ; brilliantly adept at both roles of hight comedy farce and classic drama. She trained at the Old Vic Theatre School in London & the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York.
Onscreen since 1952 she has starred in numerous television productions and films, notable highlights being the 1975 BBC comedy series, 'Fawlty Towers' , in which she starred with John Cleese; and her portrayal of two monarchs : as Queen Elizabeth II in the 1992 TV adaption of Alan Bennett's play, 'A Question of Attribution'; & as Queen Victoria in 'Looking For Victoria' (2003).
Ms Scales is also a dedicated political activist and supporter of charities. She supports the Labour Party appearing on the party's campaign films in 2005 & 2010; & is an ambassador of SOS Children's Villages, an international orphan charity providing homes and mothers for orphaned and abandoned children.
In 1992 Prunella Scales was awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) for services to drama, by HM the Queen. She is married to the actor Timothy West CBE and one of their three children, Samuel West is also a respected actor & director.
Oil on canvas
30 x 24in/76 x 61cm