Édith Scob
Édith Scob was a French film and theatre actress, best known for her role as the daughter with a disfigured face in Eyes [Without a Face (film)|Eyes Without a Face].
Early life and family
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, 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 and Jerome, both writers.
Scob died in Paris on June 26th, 2019. No cause of death was given.
Career
Scob made her debut in theater in 1958 with the play Don Juan, but she gained a high profile early in her career when she appeared in the film Eyes Without a Face. She was twice nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress, for Summer Hours and Holy Motors.Following the civil unrest of the May [1968 events in France], 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.
Filmography
Cinema
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1959 | Head Against the Wall | The crazy singer | |
| 1960 | Le bel âge | Edith | |
| 1960 | Line of Sight | Pascale | |
| 1960 | Eyes Without a Face | Christiane Génessier | |
| 1962 | Emile's Boat | Claude Larmentiel | |
| 1962 | The Burning Court | Marie D'Aubray Boissand | |
| 1962 | Thérèse Desqueyroux | Anne de la Trave | |
| 1962 | L'assassin est dans l'annuaire | Jenny | |
| 1963 | Judex | Jacqueline Favraux | |
| 1964 | Le père | The girl | Short film |
| 1964 | Fantasmagorie | The woman | Short film |
| 1965 | Thomas the Impostor | The nurse | |
| 1965 | Le passage | The woman | Short film |
| 1968 | Haschisch | The actress | |
| 1969 | The Milky Way | Virgin Mary | |
| 1969 | L'accompagnement | Short film | |
| 1970 | Le détour | The woman | Short film |
| 1971 | Love Me Strangely | Sylvie Revent | |
| 1972 | The Old Maid | Edith | |
| 1972 | Requiem | Short film | |
| 1973 | La tête | Voices | Short film |
| 1974 | Erica Minor | Marianne | |
| 1976 | L'acrobate | Valentine | |
| 1977 | A chacun son enfer | The mad girl | |
| 1978 | The Suspended Vocation | Angélique | |
| 1982 | A Thousand Billion Dollars | Madame Bronsky | |
| 1983 | One Deadly Summer | The doctor | |
| 1989 | Baptême | Rosalie Dauchy | |
| 1989 | Radio Corbeau | Madame Michel | |
| 1991 | Rue du Bac | Judith | |
| 1991 | On peut toujours rêver | Solange de Boilesve | |
| 1991 | Les Amants du Pont-Neuf | The woman in the car | |
| 1993 | La cavale des fous | Madame Toussaint | |
| 1994 | Joan the Maid | Jeanne de Béthune | |
| 1995 | Down to Earth | Edite | |
| 1997 | An Air So Pure | Mademoiselle Sophie | |
| 1999 | Time Regained | Oriane de Guermantes | |
| 1999 | Venus Beauty Institute | The stained woman | |
| 2000 | Fidelity | Diane | |
| 2000 | La Chambre obscure | The widow | |
| 2001 | Vidocq | Sylvia | |
| 2001 | Savage Souls | Funeral woman | |
| 2001 | Du côté des filles | Fanette | |
| 2001 | Comedy of Innocence | Laurence | |
| 2001 | Brotherhood of the Wolf | Geneviève de Morangias | |
| 2001 | Le mal du pays | Marco's mother | Short film |
| 2002 | The Code | Mireille | |
| 2002 | The [Man on the Train (2002 film)|The Man on the Train] | Manesquier's sister | |
| 2003 | That Day | Leone | |
| 2003 | Bon Voyage | Madame Arbesault | |
| 2004 | Un camion en réparation | Mathilde | Short film |
| 2005 | The Ring Finger | The Lady of the 223 | |
| 2005 | The Lost Domain | Madame Chantal | |
| 2006 | Komma | Hélène Brückner | |
| 2006 | Ce que je vous dois | Solange | Short film |
| 2007 | Suzanne | Mado | |
| 2007 | Heartbeat Detector | Lucy Jüst | |
| 2007 | Echo | The guardian | Short film |
| 2008 | Didine | Madame Mirepoix | |
| 2008 | Summer Hours | Hélène Berthier | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2008 | Des Indes à la planète Mars | Madame Mégevand | |
| 2009 | You Will Be Mine | Mademoiselle Lainé | |
| 2009 | Le garçon avec les cheveux dans les yeux | Short film | |
| 2010 | Nova Eva | Eda Baykan | Short film |
| 2011 | The Long Falling | Madame Talbot | |
| 2011 | Un baiser papillon | Madeleine | |
| 2011 | Retour à Mayerling | ||
| 2011 | A.A.Lapieski | Augusta | Short film |
| 2012 | Holy Motors | Céline | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2012 | Argile | The Lady | Short film |
| 2013 | La cavale blanche | The voice | |
| 2013 | Par exemple, Electre | The choir and the corypheus | |
| 2013 | Eclipse | Lise | Short film |
| 2013 | Ennui ennui | Cléo's mother | Short film |
| 2013 | La trilogie française | Short film | |
| 2014 | Gemma Bovery | Madame de Bressigny | |
| 2014 | An Eye for Beauty | Edwige | |
| 2014 | Les Yeux jaunes des crocodiles | Henriette Grobz | |
| 2014 | Taprobana | The ambassador | Short film |
| 2015 | Une famille à louer | Madame Delalande | |
| 2016 | Le Cancre | Sarah | |
| 2016 | Things to Come | Yvette Lavastre | |
| 2019 | Ni dieux ni maîtres | Laure's grandma | |
| 2019 | Love at Second Sight | Gabrielle | |
| 2019 | Amor maman | Edith | Short film |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1961 | Un homme de Dieu | Osmonde | TV movie |
| 1964 | Babek | Isabelle | TV movie |
| 1964 | Le rendez-vous | The young girl | TV movie |
| 1965 | La jeune fille Violaine | Violaine | TV movie |
| 1966 | Jeanne au bûcher | Joan of Arc | TV movie |
| 1966 | Le réveil de Rose | Rose Sansini | TV movie |
| 1966 | Spectacle d'un soir | The woman | 1 episode |
| 1967 | La cigale | Olga Dymov | TV movie |
| 1967 | Adeline Venician | Adeline | TV movie |
| 1967 | Une aventure de Sherlock Holmes | Alice Brent | TV movie |
| 1967 | Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | Valérie | 1 episode |
| 1968 | La Boniface | Claire Allandier | TV movie |
| 1969 | La librairie du soleil | Vélia | TV movie |
| 1970 | La mort de Danton | Lucile Desmoulins | TV movie |
| 1971 | Diabolissimo | Nora | TV movie |
| 1972 | Le grillon du foyer | Emma | TV movie |
| 1973 | Les écrits restent | Valérie Jubelin | TV movie |
| 1973 | Le jardin des héros | Augusta | TV movie |
| 1975 | Monsieur Jadis | The ex-Madame B. | TV movie |
| 1975 | Que voyez-vous Miss Ellis? | Miss Ellis | TV movie |
| 1976 | La poupée sanglante | Marquise de Coulteray | Miniseries, main cast |
| 1976 | La vérité tient à un fil | Madame Brasselier | Recurring role |
| 1979 | Le dernier mélodrame | Lilette | TV movie |
| 1980 | Médecins de nuit | Brigitte Sarnaude | 1 episode |
| 1981 | Le sang des Atrides | The clairvoyant | TV movie |
| 1981 | La vie des autres | Jocelyne | 1 episode |
| 1982 | L'ours en peluche | Mlle Roman | TV movie |
| 1983 | Casting | Charles's wife | 1 episode |
| 1991 | La fable des continents | The ethnologist | TV movie |
| 1992 | Haute tension | Laura | 1 episode |
| 2000 | La chambre des magiciennes | Madame Weygand | TV movie |
| 2001 | Les duettistes | Ève | 1 episode |
| 2002 | Avocats & associés | Edwige Bardin | 1 episode |
| 2002–2011 | Sœur Thérèse.com | Mother Superior | Main cast |
| 2003 | Caméra Café | Madame Bouvard | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Une vie française | Claire Blick | TV movie |
| 2012 | Clara s'en va mourir | Clara's mother | TV movie |
| 2016 | Diabolique | Madeleine de Lassay | TV movie |
| 2016 | Accused | Colette | 1 episode |
| 2017 | Transferts | Alexandra Staniowska | 1 episode |