‘She called me a silly boy! Lovely lady!’ Your most beloved memories of Prunella Scales

<p>From her excellent assistance with crosswords to a wink that set someone’s entire career in motion, Guardian readers share treasured memories of the actor</p><p>In the 70s I wrote radio plays. Prunella Scales was in one of them. During a break I was doing a crossword and getting stuck. She sat down next to me and had a look at the mess I was making. “Silly boy!” she said (I was perhaps 30 at the time). “It’s ‘surprise’, not ‘suprise’!” and we soon finished it off. In the end I did around 25 plays, but that’s the only conversation with an actor I remember. Lovely lady. <strong>James, Sussex </strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/oct/30/most-beloved-memories-prunella-scales">Continue reading...</a>