Édith Scob
Born: 1937-10-21 in Paris, France
Died: 2019-06-26
Known For: Acting
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. Source: Article "Édith Scob" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
2025
- No Gods No Masters as La grand-mère de Laure
2019
- Love at Second Sight as Gabrielle, the grandmother
- Amor maman as Edith
2017
- Transfers as Alexandra
2016
- Things to Come as Yvette
- The Dunce as Sarah
- Wicked Game as Madeleine de Lassay
2015
- Family for Rent as Madame Delalande
- Accusé as Colette
2014
- Gemma Bovery as Madame de Bressigny
- Taprobana as L'Ambassadrice de France en Afghanistan
- An Eye for Beauty as Edwige
- The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles as Henriette
2013
- Electra, for Instance as The choir and the coryphaeus
- Ennui Ennui as La mère de Cléo
- The French Trilogy as Self
- DRIVE IN Holy Motors as Self
2012
- Holy Motors as Céline
- Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss as Self
- Clara s'en va mourir as Claras Mutter
- Clay as Old Lady
2011
- A Butterfly Kiss as Madeleine
- Une vie française as Claire Blick
- Retour à Mayerling
- The Long Falling as Mme Talbot
2010
- Nova Eva as Eda Baykan
2009
- You Will Be Mine as Mademoiselle Lainé
- Le garçon avec les cheveux dans les yeux
- Les fleurs maladives de Georges Franju as Self
2008
- Summer Hours as Hélène
- Didine as Madame Mirepoix
2007
- Suzanne as Mado
- Heartbeat Detector as Lucy Jüst
- Echo as The caretaker
2006
- Komma as Hélène Brückner
- A Truck Under Repair as Mathilde
2005
- The Ring Finger as La dame du 223
- The Lost Domain as Mme Chantal
2003
- Bon Voyage as Mme Arbesault
- That Day as Leone
- Les vamps fantastiques as Self
2002
- Man on the Train as Manesquier's Sister
- Sœur Thérèse.com as Mère supérieure
2001
- Brotherhood of the Wolf as Mme de Morangias
- Vidocq as Sylvia
- Savage Souls as Première femme veillée
- Du côté des filles as Fanette
2000
- Fidelity as Diane
- The Dark Room as The widow
- Of Woman and Magic as Mme Weygand - la mère de Claire
- Comedy of Innocence as Laurence
1999
- Time Regained as Oriane de Guermantes
- Venus Beauty Institute as La cliente aux taches sur les mains
1997
- An Air So Pure as Mlle Sophie
1995
- Casa de Lava as Edith
1994
- Joan the Maid II: The Prisons as Jeanne de Béthune
1993
- Loonies at Large as Madame Toussaint
1991
- The Lovers on the Bridge as Couple in car
- Rue du Bac as Judith
- La fable des continents as Etnóloga
- One Can Always Dream as Solange de Boylesve
1989
- Radio corbeau as Mme Michel, la libraire
1983
- One Deadly Summer as Doctor
- Casting as Charles's wife
1982
- A Thousand Billion Dollars as Madame Bronsky
1981
- Le Sang des Atrides as La voyante
1979
- Le Dernier Mélodrame as Lilette
1978
- The Suspended Vocation as Mère Angélique 1
1977
- To Each His Hell as La folle
1976
- The Acrobat as Valentine
- La Poupée sanglante as Marquise de Coulteray
1974
- Erica Minor as Marianne
1973
- La tête as Voices (voice)
1972
- The Old Maid as Edith, Monod's Wife
1971
- Love Me Strangely as Sylvie Revent
1970
- La Mort de Danton as Lucile Desmoulins
1969
- The Milky Way as Virgin Mary
1968
- Haschisch as Actress
1967
- An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes as Alice Brent
1965
- Thomas the Impostor as l'infirmière
- Le Passage
1964
- Fantasmagorie as The woman
1963
- Judex as Jacqueline Favraux
1962
- Therese as Anne De La Trave
- The Burning Court as Marie D'Aubray Boissand
- Emile's Boat as Claude Larmentiel
- Assassin in the Phonebook as Jenny
1960
- Eyes Without a Face as Christiane Génessier
- Le Bel Âge as Edith
- Line of Sight as Pascale
1959
- Head Against the Wall as The singing mad