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Prunella Scales, 92, still worries people 'won't like' her when she takes on a role as she continues to work amid dementia diagnosis


The actress, 92, was diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2014, and although her 'memory is less good' she says not working would leave her 'very depressed.'

He told The Telegraph:'Although Prunella has vascular dementia, which greatly affects her in many ways, she absolutely retains longer-term memory of herself and her working experience.' The Faulty Towers star and her husband Timothy West, 89, are both still working, even after she ended her 67-year acting career in early 2020 (pictured in 2020) The couple, who 'fell in love over crosswords and packets of Polo mints', first addressed her condition after she began struggling with her lines on stage in the early noughties.

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