Édith Scob
Born
October 21, 1937
Died
June 26, 2019 (81 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Édith Scob (21 October 1937 – 26 June 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
No Gods No Masters
La grand-mère de Laure
2025
Amor maman
Edith
2019
Love at Second Sight
Gabrielle, the grandmother
2019
Transfers
Alexandra · (1 episode)
2017
The Dunce
Sarah
2016
Things to Come
Yvette
2016
Wicked Game
Madeleine de Lassay
2016
Family for Rent
Madame Delalande
2015
Accusé
Colette · (1 episode)
2015
Gemma Bovery
Madame de Bressigny
2014
Taprobana
L'Ambassadrice de France en Afghanistan
2014
An Eye for Beauty
Edwige
2014
The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles
Henriette
2014
Ennui Ennui
La mère de Cléo
2013
The French Trilogy
Self
2013
DRIVE IN Holy Motors
Self
2013
Electra, for Instance
The choir and the coryphaeus
2013
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Self
2012
Clara s'en va mourir
Claras Mutter
2012
Clay
Old Lady
2012
Holy Motors
Céline
2012
Une vie française
Claire Blick
2011
A Butterfly Kiss
Madeleine
2011
The Long Falling
Mme Talbot
2011
Retour à Mayerling
2011
Nova Eva
Eda Baykan
2010
Le garçon avec les cheveux dans les yeux
2009
Les fleurs maladives de Georges Franju
Self
2009
You Will Be Mine
Mademoiselle Lainé
2009
Summer Hours
Hélène
2008
Didine
Madame Mirepoix
2008
Heartbeat Detector
Lucy Jüst
2007
Suzanne
Mado
2007
Echo
The caretaker
2007
Komma
Hélène Brückner
2006
A Truck Under Repair
Mathilde
2006
The Ring Finger
La dame du 223
2005
The Lost Domain
Mme Chantal
2005
Les vamps fantastiques
Self
2003
That Day
Leone
2003
Bon Voyage
Mme Arbesault
2003
Man on the Train
Manesquier's Sister
2002
Sœur Thérèse.com
Mère supérieure · (1 episode)
2002
Vidocq
Sylvia
2001
Savage Souls
Première femme veillée
2001
Du côté des filles
Fanette
2001
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Mme de Morangias
2001
The Dark Room
The widow
2000
Comedy of Innocence
Laurence
2000
Of Woman and Magic
Mme Weygand - la mère de Claire
2000
Fidelity
Diane
2000
Time Regained
Oriane de Guermantes
1999
Venus Beauty Institute
La cliente aux taches sur les mains
1999
An Air So Pure
Mlle Sophie
1997
Casa de Lava
Edith
1995
Joan the Maid II: The Prisons
Jeanne de Béthune
1994
Loonies at Large
Madame Toussaint
1993
La fable des continents
Etnóloga
1991
The Lovers on the Bridge
Couple in car
1991
Rue du Bac
Judith
1991
One Can Always Dream
Solange de Boylesve
1991
Radio corbeau
Mme Michel, la libraire
1989
Casting
Charles's wife
1983
One Deadly Summer
Doctor
1983
A Thousand Billion Dollars
Madame Bronsky
1982
Le Sang des Atrides
La voyante
1981
Le Dernier Mélodrame
Lilette
1979
The Suspended Vocation
Mère Angélique 1
1978
To Each His Hell
La folle
1977
La Poupée sanglante
Marquise de Coulteray · (6 episodes)
1976
The Acrobat
Valentine
1976
Erica Minor
Marianne
1974
La tête
Voices (voice)
1973
The Old Maid
Edith, Monod's Wife
1972
Love Me Strangely
Sylvie
1971
La Mort de Danton
Lucile Desmoulins
1970
The Milky Way
Virgin Mary
1969
Haschisch
Actress
1968
An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes
Alice Brent
1967
Thomas the Impostor
l'infirmière
1965
Le Passage
1965
Fantasmagorie
The woman
1964
Judex
Jacqueline Favraux
1963
Therese
Anne De La Trave
1962
The Burning Court
Marie D'Aubray Boissand
1962
Emile's Boat
Claude Larmentiel
1962
Assassin in the Phonebook
Jenny
1962
Le Bel Âge
Edith
1960
Eyes Without a Face
Christiane Génessier
1960
Line of Sight
Pascale
1960
Head Against the Wall
The singing mad
1959