Édith Scob
Known for Acting · 91 credits
- Born
- 1937-10-21
- Died
- 2019-06-26
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
- Also known as
- Édith Scob · Édith Scobeltzine · エディット・スコブ
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).
Known For
TV Shows (4)
Movies (87)
Brotherhood of the Wolf
2001
as Mme de Morangias
Eyes Without a Face
1960
as Christiane Génessier
Holy Motors
2012
as Céline
The Lovers on the Bridge
1991
as Couple in car
Time Regained
1999
as Oriane de Guermantes
A Thousand Billion Dollars
1982
as Madame Bronsky
One Deadly Summer
1983
as Doctor
The Ring Finger
2005
as La dame du 223
Vidocq
2001
as Sylvia
Gemma Bovery
2014
as Madame de Bressigny
The Acrobat
1976
as Valentine
Casting
1983
as Charles's wife
Fidelity
2000
as Diane
Love at Second Sight
2019
as Gabrielle, the grandmother
Suzanne
2007
as Mado
One Can Always Dream
1991
as Solange de Boylesve
Family for Rent
2015
as Madame Delalande
You Will Be Mine
2009
as Mademoiselle Lainé
Venus Beauty Institute
1999
as La cliente aux taches sur les mains
Judex
1963
as Jacqueline Favraux
The Milky Way
1969
as Virgin Mary
An Eye for Beauty
2014
as Edwige
Le Passage
1965
Bon Voyage
2003
as Mme Arbesault
A Butterfly Kiss
2011
as Madeleine
Things to Come
2016
as Yvette
Man on the Train
2002
as Manesquier's Sister
Radio corbeau
1989
as Mme Michel, la libraire
Love Me Strangely
1971
as Sylvie Revent
Head Against the Wall
1959
as The singing mad
The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles
2014
as Henriette
Summer Hours
2008
as Hélène
The Old Maid
1972
as Edith, Monod's Wife
Savage Souls
2001
as Première femme veillée
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
2012
as Self
That Day
2003
as Leone
Didine
2008
as Madame Mirepoix
Joan the Maid II: The Prisons
1994
as Jeanne de Béthune
The Lost Domain
2005
as Mme Chantal
Une vie française
2011
as Claire Blick
Therese
1962
as Anne De La Trave
Les fleurs maladives de Georges Franju
2009
as Self
An Air So Pure
1997
as Mlle Sophie
Loonies at Large
1993
as Madame Toussaint
Du côté des filles
2001
as Fanette
Wicked Game
2016
as Madeleine de Lassay
DRIVE IN Holy Motors
2013
as Self
Of Woman and Magic
2000
as Mme Weygand - la mère de Claire
Erica Minor
1974
as Marianne
No Gods No Masters
2025
as La grand-mère de Laure
The Suspended Vocation
1978
as Mère Angélique 1
Casa de Lava
1995
as Edith
Taprobana
2014
as L'Ambassadrice de France en Afghanistan
The Dunce
2016
as Sarah
Emile's Boat
1962
as Claude Larmentiel
Comedy of Innocence
2000
as Laurence
Rue du Bac
1991
as Judith
Thomas the Impostor
1965
as l'infirmière
The Burning Court
1962
as Marie D'Aubray Boissand
Line of Sight
1960
as Pascale
Amor maman
2019
as Edith
Le Bel Âge
1960
as Edith
Le Dernier Mélodrame
1979
as Lilette
Komma
2006
as Hélène Brückner
The French Trilogy
2013
as Self
Assassin in the Phonebook
1962
as Jenny
La Mort de Danton
1970
as Lucile Desmoulins
The Dark Room
2000
as The widow
Clara s'en va mourir
2012
as Claras Mutter
Les vamps fantastiques
2003
as Self
Heartbeat Detector
2007
as Lucy Jüst
Le Sang des Atrides
1981
as La voyante
To Each His Hell
1977
as La folle
Echo
2007
as The caretaker
A Truck Under Repair
2006
as Mathilde
Nova Eva
2010
as Eda Baykan
The Long Falling
2011
as Mme Talbot
Le garçon avec les cheveux dans les yeux
2009
La tête
1973
as Voices (voice)
Ennui Ennui
2013
as La mère de Cléo
Fantasmagorie
1964
as The woman
Clay
2012
as Old Lady
Haschisch
1968
as Actress
Retour à Mayerling
2011
Electra, for Instance
2013
as The choir and the coryphaeus
La fable des continents
1991
as Etnóloga
An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes
1967
as Alice Brent
About 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 theatr… With 91 credits spanning from 1959 to 2025, Édith Scob has appeared in 87 films and 4 TV shows.
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- Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) — as Mme de Morangias
- Eyes Without a Face (1960) — as Christiane Génessier
- Holy Motors (2012) — as Céline
- The Lovers on the Bridge (1991) — as Couple in car
- Time Regained (1999) — as Oriane de Guermantes
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