About
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...
Known for
Holy MotorsMovie • 2012
Brotherhood of the WolfMovie • 2001
Eyes Without a FaceMovie • 1960
TransfersSeries • 2017
The Lovers on the BridgeMovie • 1991
Gemma BoveryMovie • 2014
VidocqMovie • 2001
Time RegainedMovie • 1999
Love at Second SightMovie • 2019
Summer HoursMovie • 2008
One Deadly SummerMovie • 1983
Bon VoyageMovie • 2003
FidelityMovie • 2000
The Milky WayMovie • 1969
Man on the TrainMovie • 2002
An Eye for BeautyMovie • 2014
Things to ComeMovie • 2016
Family for RentMovie • 2015
JudexMovie • 1963
The Ring FingerMovie • 2005
Head Against the WallMovie • 1959
A Thousand Billion DollarsMovie • 1982
The Old MaidMovie • 1972
Joan the Maid II: The PrisonsMovie • 1994