# Édith Scob

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. 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.

## Career

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 events 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.

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Author | Director |
| 1958 | Don Juan | Henry de Montherlant | Georges Vitaly |
| 1959 | L'Hurluberlu | Jean Anouilh | Roland Piétri |
| 1960 | Tartuffe | Molière | Jean Anouilh |
| 1961 | Le Square | Marguerite Duras | José Quaglio |
| 1961 | Clérambard | Marcel Aymé | Claude Sainval |
| 1962 | Les femmes aussi ont perdu la guerre | Curzio Malaparte | Raymond Gérôme |
| 1963 | Léonara | Marcel Jouhandeau | Raymond Gérôme |
| 1963 | Spring '71 | Arthur Adamov | Claude Martin |
| 1964 | Lonely People | Gerhart Hauptmann | Raymond Gérôme |
| 1966 | Live Like Pigs | John Arden | Guy Rétoré |
| 1968 | La Nuit | Jeannine Worms | Alberto Cavalcanti |
| 1968 | Le Boulanger, la Boulangère et le Petit Mitron | Jean Anouilh | Jean Anouilh & Roland Piétri |
| 1969 | Dear Antoine: or, the Love That Failed | Jean Anouilh | Jean Anouilh & Roland Piétri |
| 1971 | La Tragique Histoire du nécromancien Hiéronimo et de son miroir | Georges Aperghis | Hubert Jappelle |
| 1973 | Pandæmonium | Jules Verne | Anne Delbée |
| 1973 | L'Appareil-photo | Mireille Franchino | Mireille Franchino |
| 1974 | Sa Négresse Jésus | Michel Puig | Michael Lonsdale & Catherine Dasté |
| 1974 | Qui rapportera ces paroles ? | Charlotte Delbo | François Darbon |
| 1975 | Noëlle de joie | Jacques Kraemer | René Loyon & Charles Tordjman |
| 1976 | Camino Real | Tennessee Williams | Andreas Voutsinas |
| 1976 | La Bouteille à la mer | Hervé Royer | Georges Aperghis |
| 1976 | Paysage de ruine avec personnages | Danièle Sallenave | Brigitte Jaques |
| 1977 | La Poupée Nina L'Aveugle de Bagnolet Marchand de plaisir, marchand d'oublies | Georges Aperghis | Georges Aperghis |
| 1978 | Miroir | Michel Puig | Michael Lonsdale |
| 1979 | Mugby Junction | Charles Dickens | Brigitte Jaques |
| 1980-81 | Flaminal Valaire | Maurice Regnaut | Jacques Kraemer |
| 1981 | Mais on doit tout oser puisque | François Regnault | Brigitte Jaques |
| 1982 | Elle et moi, émoi | Irène Jarsky & Édith Scob | Carlos Wittig-Montero |
| 1982 | De la cave au grenier, un corps entier de songes | Gil Jouanard | Michael Lonsdale |
| 1983 | Racine(s) | Jean Racine | Jean-Louis Martinoty |
| 1984 | Le Héron | Vassili Axionov | Antoine Vitez |
| 1984 | The Seagull | Anton Tchekhov | Antoine Vitez |
| 1984 | La Ville Marine | Jacques Guimet | Anne-Marie Lazarini |
| 1985 | Interior | Maurice Maeterlinck | Claude Régy |
| 1985 | Exposition | Philippe Minyana | Pierre Tabard |
| 1986 | L’Enfant-roi | Jean Héroard | Jérôme Abenheimer |
| 1986 | La Tour de Babel, détails | Patricia Buzzi | Georges Aperghis |
| 1987 | Inventaires | Philippe Minyana | Robert Cantarella |
| 1987 | La Princesse blanche | Rainer Maria Rilke | Yannis Kokkos |
| 1988 | Annie Wobbler | Arnold Wesker | Gilles Chavassieux |
| 1988 | Life a User's Manual | Georges Perec | Michael Lonsdale |
| 1988 | Premières fiançailles de Franz K | Bernadette Le Saché | Michael Lonsdale |
| 1989 | Inventaires | Philippe Minyana | Robert Cantarella |
| 1989-90 | The Lonely Way | Arthur Schnitzler | Luc Bondy |
| 1990 | Récital René Char | René Char | René Farabet |
| 1990 | When We Dead Awaken | Henrik Ibsen | Kjetil Bang-Hansen |
| 1991 | Summer | Edward Bond | René Loyon |
| 1991 | Portevoix | Georges Aperghis | Georges Aperghis |
| 1992 | Chef-lieu | Alain Gautré | Jean-Claude Fall |
| 1992 | Récital René Char | René Char | René Farabet |
| 1992 | H Litanie musicale et égalitaire | Georges Aperghis | Georges Aperghis |
| 1993 | Où vas-tu Jérémie ? | Philippe Minyana | Édith Scob |
| 1994 | Cousinons la cousine | Pierre Lartigue | Édith Scob |
| 1994 | King Kong Palace o el exilio de Tarzán | Marco Antonio de la Parra | Vincent Colin |
| 1996 | Le Menton du chat | Véra Feyder | Françoise Seigner |
| 1996-97 | Le Gars | Marina Tsvetaeva | Édith Scob |
| 1998 | Ghosts | Henrik Ibsen | Olivier Werner |
| 1998 | Ardèle ou la Marguerite | Jean Anouilh | Pierre Franck |
| 1999 | Fantômas | Patrice Gauthier & Édith Scob | Patrice Gauthier |
| 2001 | Habitations | Philippe Minyana | Édith Scob |
| 2002 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | William Shakespeare | Yannis Kokkos |
| 2003-04 | Wittgenstein's Nephew | Thomas Bernhard | Hans Peter Cloos |
| 2004 | Eva Perón | Copi | Gloria Paris |
| 2006 | Loin de Corpus Christi | Christophe Pellet | Jacques Lassalle |
| 2006-07 | L'Éclipse du 11 août | Bruno Bayen | Jean-Pierre Vincent |
| 2008 | Olga | Jean-Claude Brisville | Jean-Claude Brisville |
| 2008 | Un couple idéal | Jean-Marie Besset | Jean-Luc Revol |
| 2008 | A Room of One's Own | Virginia Woolf | Anne-Marie Lazarini |
| 2009 | I Married You for Fun | Natalia Ginzburg | Marie-Louise Bischofberger |
| 2009-10 | Der Stein | Marius von Mayenburg | Bernard Sobel |
| 2010-11 | The Master Builder | Henrik Ibsen | Hans Peter Cloos |
| 2012 | All That Fall | Samuel Beckett | Jacques Nichet |
| 2012-13 | Inventaires | Philippe Minyana | Robert Cantarella |
| 2014-15 | The Misanthrope | Molière | Michel Fau |
| 2015 | Les Grandes filles | Stéphane Guérin | Jean-Paul Muel |

## Filmography
### Cinema

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1959 | Head Against the Wall | The crazy singer | Georges Franju | |
| 1960 | Le bel âge | Edith | Pierre Kast | |
| 1960 | Line of Sight | Pascale | Jean-Daniel Pollet | |
| 1960 | Eyes Without a Face | Christiane Génessier | Georges Franju | |
| 1962 | Emile's Boat | Claude Larmentiel | Denys de La Patellière | |
| 1962 | The Burning Court | Marie D'Aubray Boissand | Julien Duvivier | |
| 1962 | Thérèse Desqueyroux | Anne de la Trave | Georges Franju | |
| 1962 | L'assassin est dans l'annuaire | Jenny | Léo Joannon | |
| 1963 | Judex | Jacqueline Favraux | Georges Franju | |
| 1964 | Le père | The girl | René Gainville | Short |
| 1964 | Fantasmagorie | The woman | Patrice Molinard | Short |
| 1965 | Thomas the Impostor | The nurse | Georges Franju | |
| 1965 | Le passage | The woman | Cécile Decugis | Short |
| 1968 | Haschisch | The actress | Michel Soutter | |
| 1969 | The Milky Way | Virgin Mary | Luis Buñuel | |
| 1969 | L'accompagnement | | Jean-André Fieschi | Short |
| 1970 | Le détour | The woman | Patrice Molinard | Short |
| 1971 | Love Me Strangely | Sylvie Revent | Sergio Gobbi | |
| 1972 | The Old Maid | Edith | Jean-Pierre Blanc | |
| 1972 | Requiem | | Pierre Beuchot | Short |
| 1973 | La tête | Voices | Emile Bourget | Short |
| 1974 | Erica Minor | Marianne | Bertrand Van Effenterre | |
| 1976 | L'acrobate | Valentine | Jean-Daniel Pollet | |
| 1977 | A chacun son enfer | The mad girl | André Cayatte | |
| 1978 | The Suspended Vocation | Angélique | Raúl Ruiz | |
| 1982 | A Thousand Billion Dollars | Madame Bronsky | Henri Verneuil | |
| 1983 | One Deadly Summer | The doctor | Jean Becker | |
| 1989 | Baptême | Rosalie Dauchy | René Féret | |
| 1989 | Radio Corbeau | Madame Michel | Yves Boisset | |
| 1991 | Rue du Bac | Judith | Gabriel Aghion | |
| 1991 | On peut toujours rêver | Solange de Boilesve | Pierre Richard | |
| 1991 | Les Amants du Pont-Neuf | The woman in the car | Leos Carax | |
| 1993 | La cavale des fous | Madame Toussaint | Marco Pico | |
| 1994 | Joan the Maid | Jeanne de Béthune | Jacques Rivette | |
| 1995 | Down to Earth | Edite | Pedro Costa | |
| 1997 | An Air So Pure | Mademoiselle Sophie | Yves Angelo | |
| 1999 | Time Regained | Oriane de Guermantes | Raoul Ruiz | |
| 1999 | Venus Beauty Institute | The stained woman | Tonie Marshall | |
| 2000 | Fidelity | Diane | Andrzej Żuławski | |
| 2000 | La Chambre obscure | The widow | Marie-Christine Questerbert | |
| 2001 | Vidocq | Sylvia | Pitof | |
| 2001 | Savage Souls | Funeral woman | Raoul Ruiz | |
| 2001 | Du côté des filles | Fanette | Françoise Decaux-Thomelet | |
| 2001 | Comedy of Innocence | Laurence | Raoul Ruiz | |
| 2001 | Brotherhood of the Wolf | Geneviève de Morangias | Christophe Gans | |
| 2001 | Le mal du pays | Marco's mother | Laurent Bachet | Short |
| 2002 | The Code | Mireille | Manuel Boursinhac | |
| 2002 | The Man on the Train | Manesquier's sister | Patrice Leconte | |
| 2003 | That Day | Leone | Raoul Ruiz | |
| 2003 | Bon Voyage | Madame Arbesault | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | |
| 2004 | Un camion en réparation | Mathilde | Arnaud Simon | Short |
| 2005 | The Ring Finger | The Lady of the 223 | Diane Bertrand | |
| 2005 | The Lost Domain | Madame Chantal | Raoul Ruiz | |
| 2006 | Komma | Hélène Brückner | Martine Doyen | |
| 2006 | Ce que je vous dois | Solange | Olivier Bouffard | Short |
| 2007 | Suzanne | Mado | Viviane Candas | |
| 2007 | Heartbeat Detector | Lucy Jüst | Nicolas Klotz | |
| 2007 | Echo | The guardian | Yann Gozlan | Short |
| 2008 | Didine | Madame Mirepoix | Vincent Dietschy | |
| 2008 | Summer Hours | Hélène Berthier | Olivier Assayas | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2008 | Des Indes à la planète Mars | Madame Mégevand | Christian Merlhiot & Matthieu Orléan | |
| 2009 | You Will Be Mine | Mademoiselle Lainé | Sophie Laloy | |
| 2009 | Le garçon avec les cheveux dans les yeux | | Christophe Pellet | Short |
| 2010 | Nova Eva | Eda Baykan | Guillaume Martinez | Short |
| 2011 | The Long Falling | Madame Talbot | Martin Provost | |
| 2011 | Un baiser papillon | Madeleine | Karine Silla | |
| 2011 | Retour à Mayerling | | Paul Vecchiali | |
| 2011 | A.A.Lapieski | Augusta | Franck Renaud | Short |
| 2012 | Holy Motors | Céline | Leos Carax | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2012 | Argile | The Lady | Michael Guerraz | Short |
| 2013 | La cavale blanche | The voice | Guy Bordin & Renaud De Putter | |
| 2013 | Par exemple, Electre | The choir and the corypheus | Jeanne Balibar & Pierre Léon | |
| 2013 | Eclipse | Lise | Shirley Monsarrat | Short |
| 2013 | Ennui ennui | Cléo's mother | Gabriel Abrantes | Short |
| 2013 | La trilogie française | | Philippe Terrier-Hermann | Short |
| 2014 | Gemma Bovery | Madame de Bressigny | Anne Fontaine | |
| 2014 | An Eye for Beauty | Edwige | Denys Arcand | |
| 2014 | Les Yeux jaunes des crocodiles | Henriette Grobz | Cécile Telerman | |
| 2014 | Taprobana | The ambassador | Gabriel Abrantes | Short |
| 2015 | Une famille à louer | Madame Delalande | Jean-Pierre Améris | |
| 2016 | Le Cancre | Sarah | Paul Vecchiali | |
| 2016 | Things to Come | Yvette Lavastre | Mia Hansen-Løve | |
| 2019 | Ni dieux ni maîtres | Laure's grandma | Eric Cherrière | |
| 2019 | Love at Second Sight | Gabrielle | Hugo Gélin | |
| 2019 | Amor maman | Edith | Roland Menou | Short |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1961 | Un homme de Dieu | Osmonde | Jean Vernier | TV movie |
| 1964 | Babek | Isabelle | Guy Lessertisseur | TV movie |
| 1964 | Le rendez-vous | The young girl | Roger Kahane | TV movie |
| 1965 | La jeune fille Violaine | Violaine | Jean-Paul Carrère | TV movie |
| 1966 | Jeanne au bûcher | Joan of Arc | Roger Kahane | TV movie |
| 1966 | Le réveil de Rose | Rose Sansini | Gérard Herzog | TV movie |
| 1966 | Spectacle d'un soir | The woman | Michel Soutter | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1967 | La cigale | Olga Dymov | Guy Lessertisseur | TV movie |
| 1967 | Adeline Venician | Adeline | Charles Paolini | TV movie |
| 1967 | Une aventure de Sherlock Holmes | Alice Brent | Jean-Paul Carrère | TV movie |
| 1967 | Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | Valérie | Guy Lessertisseur | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1968 | La Boniface | Claire Allandier | Pierre Cardinal | TV movie |
| 1969 | La librairie du soleil | Vélia | Edmond Tiborovsky | TV movie |
| 1970 | La mort de Danton | Lucile Desmoulins | Claude Barma | TV movie |
| 1971 | Diabolissimo | Nora | Pierre Bureau | TV movie |
| 1972 | Le grillon du foyer | Emma | Jean-Paul Carrère | TV movie |
| 1973 | Les écrits restent | Valérie Jubelin | Pierre Bureau | TV movie |
| 1973 | Le jardin des héros | Augusta | Pierre Bureau | TV movie |
| 1975 | Monsieur Jadis | The ex-Madame B. | Michel Polac | TV movie |
| 1975 | Que voyez-vous Miss Ellis? | Miss Ellis | Claude Mourthé | TV movie |
| 1976 | La poupée sanglante | Marquise de Coulteray | Marcel Cravenne | TV mini-series |
| 1976 | La vérité tient à un fil | Madame Brasselier | Pierre Goutas | TV series (7 episodes) |
| 1979 | Le dernier mélodrame | Lilette | Georges Franju | TV movie |
| 1980 | Médecins de nuit | Brigitte Sarnaude | Pierre Lary | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1981 | Le sang des Atrides | The clairvoyant | Sam Itzkovitch | TV movie |
| 1981 | La vie des autres | Jocelyne | Emmanuel Fonlladosa | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1982 | L'ours en peluche | Mlle Roman | Edouard Logereau | TV movie |
| 1983 | Casting | Charles's wife | Arthur Joffé | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1991 | La fable des continents | The ethnologist | Hugo Santiago | TV movie |
| 1992 | Haute tension | Laura | François Luciani | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2000 | La chambre des magiciennes | Madame Weygand | Claude Miller | TV movie |
| 2001 | Les duettistes | Ève | Denys Granier-Deferre | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2002 | Avocats & associés | Edwige Bardin | Christian Bonnet | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2002-11 | Sœur Thérèse.com | Mother Superior | Joyce Buñuel, Vincenzo Marano, ... | TV series (21 episodes) |
| 2003 | Caméra Café | Madame Bouvard | Francis Duquet | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2011 | Une vie française | Claire Blick | Jean-Pierre Sinapi | TV movie |
| 2012 | Clara s'en va mourir | Clara's mother | Virginie Wagon | TV movie |
| 2016 | Diabolique | Madeleine de Lassay | Gabriel Aghion | TV movie |
| 2016 | Accused | Colette | Mona Achache | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2017 | Transferts | Alexandra Staniowska | Antoine Charreyron | TV series (1 episode) |