Gilly Flower Gilly Flower Gilly Flower (26 August 1908 – 17 February 2001) was an English actress and model, best remembered as the elderly Miss Abitha Tibbs in the BBC sitcom "Fawlty Towers". Gilly Flower played Miss Tibbs in all twelve episodes of the show, which was produced in two six-episode series separated by a three-and-a-half-year interval (September–October 1975 and February–March 1979, apart from the twelfth episode which was not shown until October 1979). A native of London, Gilly Flower had her first film role in 1932 and, with the advent of television in Britain, she found a new outlet for her
Miss Scotland Norrie, she competed alongside Miss Wales, who was Clare Daniels and Nicola Willoughby, who won the last ever Miss United Kingdom pageant that year. Miss England and Miss Northern Ireland first competed at Miss World in 2000. Since then, the highest ranking of the four UK contestants has won the Miss United Kingdom title. In recent years the Miss UK titleholder has also been offered the chance to participate at the following years Miss International pageant, as Miss UK. In the 21st century, the Miss Scotland contest has enjoyed a high profile with sponsorship from the Scottish Sun newspaper. Miss