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).
Edith Scob | |
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 Edith Scob at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. | |
| Born | Édith Helena Vladimirovna Scobeltzine[1] 21 October 1937[1] Paris, France |
| Died | 26 June 2019 (aged 81)[2] Paris, France |
| Years active | 1958–2019 |
| Spouse | Georges Aperghis |
| Children | 2 |
Early life and family
editScob 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
editScob 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
edit| 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
edit| 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 | 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
edit- ^ a b c d e Mirande, Jean-Noël (24 February 2009). "L'art de l'éclipse". Libération (in French). Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "Mort de l'actrice Edith Scob, un visage familier du cinéma". Le Figaro (in French). 26 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ Mirande, Jean-Noël (7 July 2012). "Édith Scob, l'actrice aux 100 visages". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "Entretien : Édith Scob - critikat.com - le site de critique de films". Critikat (in French). 16 December 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ Pulver, Andrew (26 June 2019). "Eyes Without a Face star Édith Scob dies aged 81". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ "Les nominations aux César". Le Parisien. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (25 January 2013). "César Award Nominations: 'Camille Redouble' Leads With 13, 'Amour' Scores 10". Deadline. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ 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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