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Édith Scob

Acting Born Oct 21, 1937 Paris, France 24 credits

Biography

Édith Scob (October 21, 1937 – June 26, 2019) was a French film and theatre actress, best known for her role as the daughter with a disfigured face in Eyes Without a Face (1960).

Scob was born Édith Helena Vladimirovna Scobeltzine, the granddaughter of a Russian Army general and White Russian émigré. Her father was an architect and her mother a journalist. Her elder brother, Michel Scob (1935–1995), was a French cycling champion and Olympian. At age 14, she underwent treatment for anorexia. Her love of literature inspired an interest in theatre. Scob was studying French at the Sorbonne and taking drama classes when she was cast in her first role.

She and her husband, composer Georges Aperghis, have two sons, Alexander (born 1970) and Jerome (born 1972), both writers.

Scob died in Paris on June 26th, 2019. No cause of death was given.

Scob made her debut in theater in 1958 with the play Don Juan directed by Georges Vitaly but she gained a high profile early in her career when she appeared in Eyes Without a Face (1960). She was twice nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for Summer Hours (2008) and Holy Motors (2012).

Following the civil unrest in France of May 1968, Scob founded an avant-garde theatre in Bagnolet with her husband, composer Georges Aperghis, with the goal of introducing more culture to the most disadvantaged people.

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Known for

Film

Brotherhood of the Wolf

as Mme de Morangias

Full filmography

  • Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) as Mme de Morangias
  • Holy Motors (2012) as Céline
  • The Lovers on the Bridge (1991) as Couple in car
  • One Deadly Summer (1983) as Doctor
  • Vidocq (2001) as Sylvia
  • Eyes Without a Face (1960) as Christiane Génessier
  • Fidelity (2000) as Diane
  • Gemma Bovery (2014) as Madame de Bressigny
  • Transfers (2017) as Alexandra
  • Accusé (2015) as Colette
  • Love at Second Sight (2019) as Gabrielle, the grandmother
  • La Poupée sanglante (1976) as Marquise de Coulteray
  • Bon Voyage (2003) as Mme Arbesault
  • Summer Hours (2008) as Hélène
  • The Milky Way (1969) as Virgin Mary
  • Things to Come (2016) as Yvette
  • The Ring Finger (2005) as La dame du 223
  • Family for Rent (2015) as Madame Delalande
  • A Thousand Billion Dollars (1982) as Madame Bronsky
  • Time Regained (1999) as Oriane de Guermantes
  • Head Against the Wall (1959) as The singing mad
  • Venus Beauty Institute (1999) as La cliente aux taches sur les mains
  • You Will Be Mine (2009) as Mademoiselle Lainé
  • Sœur Thérèse.com (2002) as Mère supérieure