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 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.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.7482 |
| Birthday | 1937-10-21 |
| Place of Birth | Paris, France |
| Also Known As | Édith Scob, Édith Scobeltzine, エディット・スコブ, |
1991
The Lovers on the Bridge
7.391/385
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1982
A Thousand Billion Dollars
6.84/72
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1972
The Old Maid
5.9/36
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1962
The Burning Court
5.091/11
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2002
Man on the Train
6.7/115
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1960
Eyes Without a Face
7.6/811
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2001
Brotherhood of the Wolf
6.74/1764
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2008
Summer Hours
6.407/177
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2001
Vidocq
5.962/588
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2007
Echo
3/2
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1969
The Milky Way
7/187
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Emile's Boat
6.611/9
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2007
Heartbeat Detector
5.6/18
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Didine
6.7/3
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2000
Of Woman and Magic
5.929/14
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2000
Fidelity
5.807/57
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Therese
6.667/33
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2000
Comedy of Innocence
6.056/18
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1991
One Can Always Dream
5.8/20
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2011
The Long Falling
4.929/7
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2009
You Will Be Mine
4.863/51
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1963
Judex
6.884/82
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2011
A Butterfly Kiss
5/12
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Thomas the Impostor
6.531/16
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Holy Motors
6.979/1274
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1993
Loonies at Large
7.3/3
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2000
The Dark Room
4.563/8
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2005
The Lost Domain
6.7/5
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1995
Casa de Lava
7/25
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1989
Radio corbeau
6.136/11
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Haschisch
7.333/3
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Head Against the Wall
6.8/40
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2012
Clay
3.333/3
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2011
Une vie française
6/1
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2012
Clara s'en va mourir
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The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles
5.799/174
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2013
Electra, for Instance
1/1
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Love Me Strangely
4.6/12
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Ennui Ennui
5.25/8
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1976
The Acrobat
6.6/13
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2013
The French Trilogy
0/0
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2012
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
7.4/13
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2007
Suzanne
6/1
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2003
Les vamps fantastiques
10/1
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2001
Du côté des filles
4/3
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Family for Rent
5.2/437
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1962
Assassin in the Phonebook
6.3/10
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1967
An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes
0/0
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An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes
2016
Things to Come
6.518/342
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2016
The Dunce
5.786/7
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2006
Komma
5.667/6
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Komma
1991
La fable des continents
0/0
Initiatory journey of a soprano and an ethnologist in Africa, Asia and South America, in search of music from other cultures.
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1983
One Deadly Summer
6.947/236
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1983
Casting
10/1
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2014
Gemma Bovery
6.168/349
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Gemma Bovery
1997
An Air So Pure
5.857/7
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An Air So Pure
2003
Bon Voyage
6.294/97
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Bon Voyage
1999
Time Regained
6.3/68
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2003
That Day
5.9/16
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2001
Savage Souls
4.909/11
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1994
Joan the Maid II: The Prisons
7.048/21
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1977
To Each His Hell
6.6/7
After her daughter is kidnapped, a mother discovers that there can be something even worse after "the worst."
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2006
A Truck Under Repair
3.429/7
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A Truck Under Repair
1960
Line of Sight
5.8/5
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1964
Fantasmagorie
7.3/3
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Fantasmagorie
2009
Les fleurs maladives de Georges Franju
7/3
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1978
The Suspended Vocation
6.571/7
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2014
Taprobana
5.667/9
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2025
No Gods No Masters
4.5/2
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2010
Nova Eva
0/0
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Nova Eva
1965
Le Passage
0/0
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Le Passage
1960
Le Bel Âge
5.571/7
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2019
Love at Second Sight
7.043/878
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2019
Amor maman
0/0
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Amor maman
1991
Rue du Bac
4.875/8
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1973
La tête
9/1
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1970
La Mort de Danton
0/0
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La Mort de Danton
1999
Venus Beauty Institute
5.881/139
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2013
DRIVE IN Holy Motors
6/2
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DRIVE IN Holy Motors
2014
An Eye for Beauty
3.376/89
An architect and his wife see their relationship challenged.
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An Eye for Beauty
1979
Le Dernier Mélodrame
8/1
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Le Dernier Mélodrame
2009
Le garçon avec les cheveux dans les yeux
2/2
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2016
Wicked Game
5.8/8
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Wicked Game
2011
Retour à Mayerling
0/0
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Retour à Mayerling
1981
Le Sang des Atrides
9/1
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1974
Erica Minor
4.875/4
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