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Édith Scob

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Edith Scob
Edith Scob at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.
Born
Édith Helena Vladimirovna Scobeltzine[1]

(1937-10-21)21 October 1937[1]
Paris, France
Died26 June 2019(2019-06-26) (aged 81)[2]
Paris, France
Years active1958–2019
SpouseGeorges Aperghis
Children2

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

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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

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Scob 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)[6] and Holy Motors (2012).[1][7]

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.[8]

Theatre

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Year Title Author Director
1958 Don Juan Henry de Montherlant Georges Vitaly
1959 L'Hurluberlu Jean Anouilh Roland Piétri
1960 Tartuffe Molière Roland Piétri
1961 Le Square Marguerite Duras José Quaglio
Clérambard Marcel Aymé Claude Sainval
1962 Les femmes aussi ont perdu la guerre Curzio Malaparte Raymond Gérôme
1966 Live Like Pigs John Arden Guy Rétoré
1968 Le Boulanger, la Boulangère et le Petit Mitron Jean Anouilh Jean Anouilh & Roland Piétri
1971 La Tragique Histoire du nécromancien Hiéronimo et de son miroir Georges Aperghis Hubert Jappelle
1973 L'Appareil-photo Mireille Franchino Mireille Franchino
Pandæmonium Jules Verne Anne Delbée
1974 Sa Négresse Jésus Michel Puig Michael Lonsdale & Catherine Dasté
Qui rapportera ces paroles ? Charlotte Delbo François Darbon
1976 Paysage de ruine avec personnages Danièle Sallenave Brigitte Jaques
1977 L'Aveugle de Bagnolet
Marchand de plaisir, marchand d'oublies
La Poupée Nina
Georges Aperghis Georges Aperghis
1979 Mugby Junction Charles Dickens Brigitte Jaques
1980 Flaminal Valaire Maurice Regnaut Jacques Kraemer
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
The Seagull Anton Tchekhov Antoine Vitez
La Ville Marine Jacques Guimet Anne-Marie Lazarini
1985 Interior Maurice Maeterlinck Claude Régy
1986 La Tour de Babel, Détails Patricia Buzzi Georges Aperghis
1987 La Princesse blanche Rainer Maria Rilke Yannis Kokkos
Inventaires Philippe Minyana Dominique Bertola, Robert Cantarella
& Philippe Minyana
1988 Life a User's Manual Georges Perec Michael Lonsdale
Annie Wobbler Arnold Wesker Gilles Chavassieux
1989 The Lonely Way Arthur Schnitzler Luc Bondy
1990 When We Dead Awaken Henrik Ibsen Kjetil Bang-Hansen
Récital René Char René Char René Farabet
1991 Summer Edward Bond René Loyon
Portevoix Georges Aperghis Georges Aperghis
1992 H Litanie musicale et égalitaire Georges Aperghis Georges Aperghis
Chef-lieu Alain Gautré Jean-Claude Fall
Récital René Char René Char René Farabet
1993 Où vas-tu Jérémie ? Philippe Minyana Édith Scob
1994 King Kong Palace o el exilio de Tarzán Marco Antonio de la Parra Vincent Colin
Cousinons la cousine Martine Viard Édith Scob
1996-97 Le Gars Marina Tsvetaeva Édith Scob
1998 Ardèle ou la Marguerite Jean Anouilh Pierre Franck
Ghosts Henrik Ibsen Olivier Werner
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 A Room of One's Own Virginia Woolf Anne-Marie Lazarini
Un couple idéal Jean-Marie Besset Jean-Luc Revol
Olga Jean-Claude Brisville Jean-Claude Brisville
2009 I Married You for Fun Natalia Ginzburg Marie-Louise Bischofberger
2009-10 Der Stein Marius von Mayenburg Bernard Sobel
2010 The Master Builder Henrik Ibsen Hans Peter Cloos
2012 All That Fall Samuel Beckett Jacques Nichet
2013 Inventaires Philippe Minyana Robert Cantarella
2014 The Misanthrope Molière Michel Fau
2015 Les Grandes filles Stéphane Guérin Jean-Paul Muel

Filmography

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Year Title Role Director Notes
1959 Head Against the Wall The crazy singer Georges Franju
1960 Eyes Without a Face Christiane Génessier Georges Franju
Line of Sight Pascale Jean-Daniel Pollet
Le bel âge Edith Pierre Kast
1962 Le Bateau d'Émile [fr] Claude Larmentiel Denys de La Patellière
The Burning Court Marie D'Aubray Boissand Julien Duvivier
Thérèse Desqueyroux Anne de la Trave Georges Franju
L'assassin est dans l'annuaire Jenny Léo Joannon
1963 Judex Jacqueline Favraux Georges Franju
Fantasmagorie Patrice Molinard Short
1964 Babek Isabelle Guy Lessertisseur TV movie
Le père René Gainville Short
1965 Thomas the Impostor The Nurse Georges Franju
Le passage Cécile Decugis Short
1966 Jeanne au bûcher Joan of Arc Roger Kahane TV movie
1967 Les Cinq Dernières Minutes Valérie Guy Lessertisseur TV series (1 episode)
Adeline Venician Adeline Charles Paolini TV movie
La cigale Olga Dymov Guy Lessertisseur TV movie
Une aventure de Sherlock Holmes Alice Brent Jean-Paul Carrère TV movie
1968 La Boniface Claire Allandier Pierre Cardinal TV movie
Haschisch The Actress Michel Soutter
1969 The Milky Way Virgin Mary Luis Buñuel
L'accompagnement Jean-André Fieschi Short
La librairie du soleil Vélia Edmond Tiborovsky TV movie
1970 La mort de Danton Lucile Desmoulins Claude Barma TV movie
1971 Un beau monstre Sylvie Sergio Gobbi
Diabolissimo Nora Pierre Bureau TV movie
1972 Le grillon du foyer Emma Jean-Paul Carrère TV movie
Requiem Pierre Beuchot Short
The Old Maid Edith Jean-Pierre Blanc
1973 Les écrits restent Valérie Jubelin Pierre Bureau TV movie
Byron libérateur de la Grèce ou Le jardin des héros Augusta Pierre Bureau TV movie
La tête Voices Emile Bourget Short
1974 Erica Minor Marianne Bertrand Van Effenterre
1975 Que voyez-vous Miss Ellis? Miss Ellis Claude Mourthé TV movie
Monsieur Jadis The ex-Mme B. Michel Polac TV movie
1976 La vérité tient à un fil Mme Brasselier Pierre Goutas TV series
La poupée sanglante Marquise de Coulteray Marcel Cravenne TV Mini-Series (4 episodes)
L'acrobate Valentine Jean-Daniel Pollet
1977 Autopsie d'un monstre The mad girl André Cayatte
1978 The Suspended Vocation Angélique Raúl Ruiz
1979 Cinéma 16 Lilette Georges Franju TV series (1 episode)
1980 Médecins de nuit Mme de Sarnaude Pierre Lary TV series (1 episode)
1981 Le sang des Atrides The visionary Sam Itzkovitch TV movie
1982 Mille milliards de dollars Mme Bronsky Henri Verneuil
L'ours en peluche Mlle Roman Edouard Logereau TV movie
Casting Arthur Joffé
1983 One Deadly Summer The doctor Jean Becker
1989 Radio Corbeau Mme Michel Yves Boisset
Baptême Rosalie Dauchy René Féret
1990 S.O.S. disparus Jacques Renard TV Mini-Series (1 episode)
1991 La fable des continents The anthropologist Hugo Santiago TV movie
Rue du Bac Judith Gabriel Aghion
Les Amants du Pont-Neuf The woman in car Leos Carax
On peut toujours rêver Solange de Boilesve Pierre Richard
1992 Haute tension Laura François Luciani TV series (1 episode)
1993 La cavale des fous Mrs. Toussaint Marco Pico
1994 Down to Earth Edite Pedro Costa
Joan the Maiden, Part 2: The Prisons Jeanne de Béthune Jacques Rivette
1997 An Air So Pure Mademoiselle Sophie Yves Angelo
1999 Venus Beauty Institute A client Tonie Marshall
Time Regained Oriane de Guermantes Raoul Ruiz
2000 Fidelity Diane Andrzej Żuławski
Comedy of Innocence Laurence Raoul Ruiz
La chambre des magiciennes Mme Weygand Claude Miller TV movie
La Chambre obscure The widow Marie-Christine Questerbert
2001 Brotherhood of the Wolf Countess Geneviève de Morangias Christophe Gans
Vidocq Sylvia Pitof
Savage Souls First vigil woman Raoul Ruiz
Le mal du pays Marco's mother Laurent Bachet Short
Du côté des filles Fanette Françoise Decaux-Thomelet
Les duettistes: Le môme Ève Denys Granier-Deferre TV movie
2002 The Man on the Train Manesquier's sister Patrice Leconte
The Code Mireille Manuel Boursinhac
Avocats & associés Edwige Bardin Christian Bonnet TV series (1 episode)
2002-2011 Sœur Thérèse.com Mother Superior Several directors TV series (21 episodes)
2003 Bon Voyage Mme Arbesault Jean-Paul Rappeneau
That Day Leone Raoul Ruiz
Caméra café Madame Bouvard TV series (1 episode)
2004 Un camion en réparation Mathilde Arnaud Simon Short
Déjeuner chez Wittgenstein Dene Hans Peter Cloos TV movie
2005 The Lost Domain Mme Chantal Raoul Ruiz
L'Annulaire The 223's woman Diane Bertrand
2006 Komma Hélène Brückner Martine Doyen
Suzanne Mado Viviane Candas
Ce que je vous dois Solange Olivier Bouffard Short
2007 Echo Yann Gozlan Short
Heartbeat Detector Lucy Jüst Nicolas Klotz
2008 Didine Mme Mirepoix Vincent Dietschy
Summer Hours Hélène Berthier Olivier Assayas Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress
Des Indes à la planète Mars Mme Mégevand Christian Merlhiot & Matthieu Orléan
2009 Je te mangerais Mademoiselle Lainé Sophie Laloy
2010 Nova Eva Eda Baykan Guillaume Martinez Short
2011 Une vie française Claire Blick Jean-Pierre Sinapi TV movie
Où va la nuit Madame Talbot Martin Provost
Un baiser papillon Madeleine Karine Silla
2012 Clara s'en va mourir Clara's mother Virginie Wagon TV movie
Holy Motors Céline Leos Carax Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress
Argile The Lady Michael Guerraz Short
2013 Par exemple, Electre Jeanne Balibar & Pierre Léon
Eclipse (The Muse) Lise Shirley Monsarrat Short
Ennui ennui Cléo's mother Gabriel Abrantes Short
2014 Les Yeux jaunes des crocodiles Henriette Grobz Cécile Telerman
An Eye for Beauty Edwige Denys Arcand
Gemma Bovery Madame de Bressigny Anne Fontaine
2015 Une famille à louer Madame Delalande Jean-Pierre Améris
2016 Le Cancre Sarah Paul Vecchiali
Things to Come Yvette Lavastre Mia Hansen-Løve
2017 Transferts Alexandra Staniowska Olivier Guignard, Antoine Charreyron TV series (1 episode)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e 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.
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