Diane Ladd, the veteran, Oscar-nominated actress who starred in film classics including “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” and “Chinatown,” has died at age 89, her daughter, actress Laura Dern, confirmed this week. “My amazing hero and my profound gift of a mother, Diane Ladd, passed with me beside her this morning, at her home in […]
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Fawlty Towers actress Prunella Scales dies aged 93
Emma Saunders,Culture reporter and Paul Glynn,Culture reporter Prunella Scales’s memorable moments in Fawlty Towers Fawlty Towers actress Prunella Scales has died aged 93, her family have confirmed. Scales was best known for playing hotel manager Sybil Fawlty, the long-suffering and domineering wife of Basil – played by John Cleese – in the classic British sitcom. […]