Édith Scob
Edith Scob | |
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 Edith Scob at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. | |
| Born | Édith Helena Vladimirovna Scobeltzine[1] 21 October 1937[1] Paris, France |
| Died | 26 June 2019 (aged 81)[2] Paris, France |
| Years active | 1958–2019 |
| Spouse | Georges Aperghis |
| Children | 2 |
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).
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 (1935–1995), was a French cycling champion and Olympian. At age 14, she underwent treatment for anorexia.[1] Her love of literature inspired an interest in theatre.[3] Scob was studying French at the Sorbonne and taking drama classes when she was cast in her first role.[4]
She and her husband, composer Georges Aperghis, have two sons, Alexander (born 1970) and Jerome (born 1972), both writers.[1]
Scob died in Paris on June 26th, 2019. No cause of death was given.[5]
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 (1960). She was twice nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress, for Summer Hours (2008)[6] and Holy Motors (2012).[1][7]
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.[8]
Theatre
| Year | Title | Theatre |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Don Juan | Théâtre de l'Athénée |
| 1959 | L'Hurluberlu | Théâtre des Champs-Élysées |
| 1960 | Tartuffe | Théâtre des Champs-Élysées |
| 1961 | Le Square | Théâtre des Mathurins |
| Clérambard | Théâtre des Champs-Élysées | |
| 1962 | Les femmes aussi ont perdu la guerre | Théâtre des Mathurins |
| 1963 | Léonara | |
| Spring '71 | ||
| 1964 | Lonely People | |
| 1966 | Live Like Pigs | Théâtre de l'Est Parisien |
| 1968 | La Nuit | |
| Le Boulanger, la Boulangère et le Petit Mitron | Théâtre des Champs-Élysées | |
| 1969 | Dear Antoine: or, the Love That Failed | |
| 1971 | La Tragique Histoire du nécromancien Hiéronimo et de son miroir |
Festival d'Avignon |
| 1973 | Pandæmonium | Festival d'Avignon |
| L'Appareil-photo | Théâtre National des Enfants-Vincennes | |
| 1974 | Sa Négresse Jésus | |
| Qui rapportera ces paroles? | ||
| 1975 | Noëlle de joie | |
| 1976 | Camino Real | |
| La Bouteille à la mer | ||
| Paysage de ruine avec personnages | Théâtre Récamier | |
| 1977 | La Poupée Nina | Festival d'Avignon |
| L'Aveugle de Bagnolet | Festival d'Avignon | |
| Théâtre National de Chaillot | ||
| Marchand de plaisir, marchand d'oublies | Festival d'Avignon | |
| Théâtre National de Chaillot | ||
| 1978 | Miroir | |
| 1979 | Mugby Junction | Centre Pompidou |
| 1980 | Flaminal Valaire | Festival d'Avignon |
| 1981 | Mais on doit tout oser puisque | |
| 1982 | Elle et moi, émoi | |
| De la cave au grenier, un corps entier de songes | Villeneuve-lès-Avignon | |
| 1983 | Racine(s) | Festival d'Avignon |
| 1984 | Le Héron | Théâtre National de Chaillot |
| The Seagull | Théâtre National de Chaillot | |
| La Ville Marine | Artistic-Athévains | |
| 1985 | Interior | Théâtre Gérard-Philipe |
| Exposition | ||
| 1986 | L'Enfant-roi | |
| La Tour de Babel, détails | Festival d'Avignon | |
| 1987 | Inventaires | La Criée |
| La Princesse blanche | Le Théâtre de l'Escalier d'Or | |
| 1988 | Annie Wobbler | Théâtre des Ateliers |
| Life a User's Manual | Festival d'Avignon | |
| Premières fiançailles de Franz K | ||
| 1989 | Inventaires | |
| 1989-90 | The Lonely Way | Théâtre du Rond-Point |
| 1990 | Récital René Char | Festival d'Avignon |
| When We Dead Awaken | National Theatre of Strasbourg | |
| 1991 | Summer | Théâtre National de la Colline |
| Portevoix | Théâtre National de Nice | |
| 1992 | Chef-lieu | Théâtre Gérard-Philipe |
| Théâtre Daniel-Sorano Toulouse | ||
| Récital René Char | Festival d'Avignon | |
| H Litanie musicale et égalitaire | Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers | |
| 1993 | Où vas-tu Jérémie? | Festival d'Avignon |
| Théâtre Gérard-Philipe | ||
| 1994 | Cousinons la cousine | Théâtre de la Bastille |
| King Kong Palace o el exilio de Tarzán | Festival d'Avignon | |
| 1996 | Le Menton du chat | |
| 1996-97 | Le Gars | Festival d'Avignon |
| Maison de la Poésie | ||
| 1998 | Ghosts | Les Gémeaux |
| Ardèle ou la Marguerite | Théâtre des Célestins | |
| 1999 | Fantômas | Café de la Maroquinerie |
| 2001 | Habitations | Théâtre Ouvert |
| 2002 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers |
| 2003-04 | Wittgenstein's Nephew | Théâtre de l'Athénée |
| 2004 | Eva Perón | Théâtre de l'Athénée |
| 2006 | Loin de Corpus Christi | Festival de Théâtre Nava |
| 2006-07 | L'Éclipse du 11 août | Théâtre National de la Colline |
| 2008 | Olga | Théâtre Montansier |
| Un couple idéal | Festival de Théâtre Nava | |
| A Room of One's Own | Artistic-Athévains | |
| 2009 | I Married You for Fun | Théâtre de la Madeleine |
| 2009-10 | Der Stein | Théâtre National de la Colline |
| 2010-11 | The Master Builder | Théâtre Hébertot |
| 2012 | All That Fall | |
| 2012-13 | Inventaires | Théâtre de Poche-Montparnasse |
| 2014-15 | The Misanthrope | Théâtre de l'Œuvre |
| 2015 | Les Grandes filles | Théâtre Montparnasse |
Filmography
Cinema
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Head Against the Wall | The crazy singer | |
| 1960 | Le bel âge | Edith | |
| Line of Sight | Pascale | ||
| Eyes Without a Face | Christiane Génessier | ||
| 1962 | Emile's Boat | Claude Larmentiel | |
| The Burning Court | Marie D'Aubray Boissand | ||
| Thérèse Desqueyroux | Anne de la Trave | ||
| L'assassin est dans l'annuaire | Jenny | ||
| 1963 | Judex | Jacqueline Favraux | |
| 1964 | Le père | The girl | Short film |
| Fantasmagorie | The woman | Short film | |
| 1965 | Thomas the Impostor | The nurse | |
| Le passage | The woman | Short film | |
| 1968 | Haschisch | The actress | |
| 1969 | The Milky Way | Virgin Mary | |
| L'accompagnement | Short film | ||
| 1970 | Le détour | The woman | Short film |
| 1971 | Love Me Strangely | Sylvie Revent | |
| 1972 | The Old Maid | Edith | |
| 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 | |
| Radio Corbeau | Madame Michel | ||
| 1991 | Rue du Bac | Judith | |
| On peut toujours rêver | Solange de Boilesve | ||
| 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 | |
| Venus Beauty Institute | The stained woman | ||
| 2000 | Fidelity | Diane | |
| La Chambre obscure | The widow | ||
| 2001 | Vidocq | Sylvia | |
| Savage Souls | Funeral woman | ||
| Du côté des filles | Fanette | ||
| Comedy of Innocence | Laurence | ||
| Brotherhood of the Wolf | Geneviève de Morangias | ||
| Le mal du pays | Marco's mother | Short film | |
| 2002 | The Code | Mireille | |
| The Man on the Train | Manesquier's sister | ||
| 2003 | That Day | Leone | |
| Bon Voyage | Madame Arbesault | ||
| 2004 | Un camion en réparation | Mathilde | Short film |
| 2005 | The Ring Finger | The Lady of the 223 | |
| The Lost Domain | Madame Chantal | ||
| 2006 | Komma | Hélène Brückner | |
| Ce que je vous dois | Solange | Short film | |
| 2007 | Suzanne | Mado | |
| Heartbeat Detector | Lucy Jüst | ||
| Echo | The guardian | Short film | |
| 2008 | Didine | Madame Mirepoix | |
| Summer Hours | Hélène Berthier | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| Des Indes à la planète Mars | Madame Mégevand | ||
| 2009 | You Will Be Mine | Mademoiselle Lainé | |
| Le garçon avec les cheveux dans les yeux | Short film | ||
| 2010 | Nova Eva | Eda Baykan | Short film |
| 2011 | The Long Falling | Madame Talbot | |
| Un baiser papillon | Madeleine | ||
| Retour à Mayerling | |||
| A.A.Lapieski | Augusta | Short film | |
| 2012 | Holy Motors | Céline | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| Argile | The Lady | Short film | |
| 2013 | La cavale blanche | The voice | |
| Par exemple, Electre | The choir and the corypheus | ||
| Eclipse | Lise | Short film | |
| Ennui ennui | Cléo's mother | Short film | |
| La trilogie française | Short film | ||
| 2014 | Gemma Bovery | Madame de Bressigny | |
| An Eye for Beauty | Edwige | ||
| Les Yeux jaunes des crocodiles | Henriette Grobz | ||
| Taprobana | The ambassador | Short film | |
| 2015 | Une famille à louer | Madame Delalande | |
| 2016 | Le Cancre | Sarah | |
| Things to Come | Yvette Lavastre | ||
| 2019 | Ni dieux ni maîtres | Laure's grandma | |
| Love at Second Sight | Gabrielle | ||
| Amor maman | Edith | Short film |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Un homme de Dieu | Osmonde | TV movie |
| 1964 | Babek | Isabelle | TV movie |
| 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 |
| Le réveil de Rose | Rose Sansini | TV movie | |
| Spectacle d'un soir | The woman | 1 episode | |
| 1967 | La cigale | Olga Dymov | TV movie |
| Adeline Venician | Adeline | TV movie | |
| Une aventure de Sherlock Holmes | Alice Brent | TV movie | |
| 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 |
| Le jardin des héros | Augusta | TV movie | |
| 1975 | Monsieur Jadis | The ex-Madame B. | TV movie |
| Que voyez-vous Miss Ellis? | Miss Ellis | TV movie | |
| 1976 | La poupée sanglante | Marquise de Coulteray | Miniseries, main cast |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Accused | Colette | 1 episode | |
| 2017 | Transferts | Alexandra Staniowska | 1 episode |
References
- ^ a b c d e Mirande, Jean-Noël (24 February 2009). "L'art de l'éclipse". Libération (in French). Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "Mort de l'actrice Edith Scob, un visage familier du cinéma". Le Figaro (in French). 26 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ Mirande, Jean-Noël (7 July 2012). "Édith Scob, l'actrice aux 100 visages". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "Entretien : Édith Scob - critikat.com - le site de critique de films". Critikat (in French). 16 December 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ Pulver, Andrew (26 June 2019). "Eyes Without a Face star Édith Scob dies aged 81". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ "Les nominations aux César" [The César Nominations]. Le Parisien (in French). 23 January 2009. Archived from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (25 January 2013). "César Award Nominations: 'Camille Redouble' Leads With 13, 'Amour' Scores 10". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ Morice, Jacques (1 February 2018) [4 April 2008]. "Edith Scob : des yeux saphir et... un visage, sur Cinécinéma Classic" [Edith Scob: Sapphire eyes and... a face, on Cinécinéma Classic]. Télérama (in French). Archived from the original on 2020-11-29. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
External links
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