Misplaced Pages

Edith Scob
Edith Scob at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.
Born	Édith Helena Vladimirovna Scobeltzine (1937-10-21)21 October 1937 Paris, France
Died	26 June 2019(2019-06-26) (aged 81) 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. 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

Filmography

Cinema

Television

References

1. ^ Mirande, Jean-Noël (24 February 2009). "L'art de l'éclipse". Libération (in French). Retrieved 21 April 2017.
2. "Mort de l'actrice Edith Scob, un visage familier du cinéma". Le Figaro (in French). 26 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
3. Mirande, Jean-Noël (7 July 2012). "Édith Scob, l'actrice aux 100 visages". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 21 April 2017.
4. "Entretien : Édith Scob - critikat.com - le site de critique de films". Critikat (in French). 16 December 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
5. Pulver, Andrew (26 June 2019). "Eyes Without a Face star Édith Scob dies aged 81". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
6. "Les nominations aux César". Le Parisien. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
7. Tartaglione, Nancy (25 January 2013). "César Award Nominations: 'Camille Redouble' Leads With 13, 'Amour' Scores 10". Deadline. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
8. Morice, Jacques (5 April 2008). "Edith Scob : des yeux saphir et... un visage, sur Cinécinéma Classic". Télérama. Retrieved 21 April 2017.

External links

• Édith Scob at IMDb

• 1937 births
• 2019 deaths
• Actresses from Paris
• French film actresses
• French television actresses
• French stage actresses
• 20th-century French actresses
• 21st-century French actresses
• French people of Russian descent