Édith Scob
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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Acting
Movie
Brotherhood of the Wolf
as Mme de Morangias
2001
Movie
Holy Motors
as Céline
2012
Movie
Love at Second Sight
as Gabrielle, the grandmother
2019
Movie
Eyes Without a Face
as Christiane Génessier
1960
Movie
Vidocq
as Sylvia
2001
Movie
Family for Rent
as Madame Delalande
2015
Movie
The Lovers on the Bridge
as Couple in car
1991
Movie
Gemma Bovery
as Madame de Bressigny
2014
Movie
Things to Come
as Yvette
2016
Movie
One Deadly Summer
as Doctor
1983
Movie
The Milky Way
as Virgin Mary
1969
Movie
Summer Hours
as Hélène
2008
Movie
The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles
as Henriette
2014
Movie
Venus Beauty Institute
as La cliente aux taches sur les mains
1999
Movie
Man on the Train
as Manesquier's Sister
2002
Movie
Bon Voyage
as Mme Arbesault
2003
Movie
An Eye for Beauty
as Edwige
2014
Movie
Judex
as Jacqueline Favraux
1963
Movie
Time Regained
as Oriane de Guermantes
1999
Movie
A Thousand Billion Dollars
as Madame Bronsky
1982
Movie
Fidelity
as Diane
2000
Movie
You Will Be Mine
as Mademoiselle Lainé
2009
Movie
Head Against the Wall
as The singing mad
1959
Movie
The Old Maid
as Edith, Monod's Wife
1972