---
name: "Édith Scob"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/edith-scob"
fi1m_id: "edith-scob"
imdb_id: "nm0778568"
tmdb_id: 27980
wikidata_id: "Q273803"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 October 1937"
died: "26 June 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-26T03:03:18.348796+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Édith Scob

## Identity

Édith Scob

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/edith-scob
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** edith-scob
- **IMDb ID:** nm0778568
- **TMDB ID:** 27980
- **Wikidata ID:** Q273803
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89dith_Scob, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273803, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0778568/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27980

Actor. Born 21 October 1937 in Paris, France. Died 26 June 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 October 1937, Paris, France
- **Died:** 26 June 2019
- **Active:** 1960–2012
- **Also known as:** Édith Scobeltzine, エディット・スコブ
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 86 (1), 1990s 80 (1), 2010s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 76 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Fantasy 1, Horror 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89dith_Scob, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273803, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0778568/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27980

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Eyes Without a Face*](https://film.one/film/eyes-without-a-face.md) (86)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Holy Motors*](https://film.one/film/holy-motors.md) (84)

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## Fi1m on Édith Scob

> Édith Scob’s cultured voice and elegant presence made supporting characters matter. We value her poise, though *Holy Motors* shows the limit of casting a distinctive actor and then giving her too little freedom.

In *Holy Motors* (2012), Édith Scob is Céline, the chauffeur and companion beside Denis Lavant’s succession of characters. Her elegance gives us someone else to watch in a film so absorbed by its leading man’s transformations. Scob’s refined screen manner can make a supporting figure worth attending to without much help from the writing. We warmly recommend Leos Carax’s strange, funny film for its mischief and unexpected sadness. But Céline leaves us wanting a fuller part for the actor.

The early landmark is Georges Franju’s *Eyes Without a Face* (1960), with Scob as the masked daughter Christiane Génessier. That role puts a particular restriction on an actor’s means of expression, and it remains a useful starting point for her work. Her later career brought periods of reduced screen visibility and a greater share of supporting and character parts. The refined figures suited her cultured voice and elegant bearing, with Hélène in Olivier Assayas’s *Summer Hours* (2008) a notable later role. She continued taking film and television roles through the 2010s.

Carax had already worked with Scob on *The Lovers on the Bridge* (1991) before *Holy Motors*. The later film lets Lavant keep changing while Scob, Eva Mendes and Kylie Minogue have much less scope. We were frustrated by Céline’s limited part because Scob makes her worth watching even beside all that activity. The sadness of performance interests Carax, yet the women receive less opportunity to express it. That unevenness reduces our interest in the encounters beyond Lavant’s experience.

The repeated collaborations are worth following too: four films with Franju and six with Raúl Ruiz. They are a useful reminder that the masked daughter is only one part of her work. We would follow the supporting parts for the voice and the elegance, while keeping an eye on how much the director allows her to do. For a first encounter with Scob herself, give *Eyes Without a Face* priority.

## Biography

Édith Scob was a French film and theatre actress. Born in Paris in 1937, she began her career in the late 1950s while studying at the Sorbonne. She made her film debut in Georges Franju’s *Head Against the Wall* (1959) and gained early prominence for her role as Christiane in his *Eyes Without a Face* (1960).

Scob appeared in more than one hundred films and television productions, often in supporting roles in auteur cinema. Notable later credits include *The Lovers on the Bridge* (1991), *Brotherhood of the Wolf* (2001), *Summer Hours* (2008) and *Holy Motors* (2012), in which she played Céline. She was twice nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress, for *Summer Hours* and *Holy Motors*. She also worked extensively in theatre, co-founding an avant-garde company in Bagnolet with her husband, composer Georges Aperghis. Scob died in Paris in 2019.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, bfi.org.uk.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Holy Motors* (2012), Fi1m 84, as Céline — [page](https://film.one/film/holy-motors.md)
- *Time Regained* (1999), Fi1m 80, as Oriane de Guermantes — [page](https://film.one/film/time-regained.md)
- *Eyes Without a Face* (1960), Fi1m 86, as Christiane Génessier — [page](https://film.one/film/eyes-without-a-face.md)

## Complete filmography (87)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *No Gods No Masters* (2025), as La grand-mère de Laure
- *Amor maman* (2019), as Edith
- *Love at Second Sight* (2019), as Gabrielle, the grandmother
- *Transfers* (2017), series, as Alexandra
- *The Dunce* (2016), as Sarah
- *Things to Come* (2016), as Yvette
- *Wicked Game* (2016), as Madeleine de Lassay
- *Family for Rent* (2015), as Madame Delalande
- *Accusé* (2015), series, as Colette
- *Gemma Bovery* (2014), as Madame de Bressigny
- *Taprobana* (2014), as L'Ambassadrice de France en Afghanistan
- *An Eye for Beauty* (2014), as Edwige
- *The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles* (2014), as Henriette
- *Ennui Ennui* (2013), as La mère de Cléo
- *Electra, for Instance* (2013), as The choir and the coryphaeus
- *Clara s'en va mourir* (2012), as Claras Mutter
- *Clay* (2012), as Old Lady
- *Holy Motors* (2012), as Céline — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/holy-motors.md)
- *Une vie française* (2011), as Claire Blick
- *A Butterfly Kiss* (2011), as Madeleine
- *The Long Falling* (2011), as Mme Talbot
- *Retour à Mayerling* (2011), Actor
- *Nova Eva* (2010), as Eda Baykan
- *Le garçon avec les cheveux dans les yeux* (2009), Actor
- *You Will Be Mine* (2009), as Mademoiselle Lainé
- *Summer Hours* (2008), as Hélène
- *Didine* (2008), as Madame Mirepoix
- *Heartbeat Detector* (2007), as Lucy Jüst
- *Suzanne* (2007), as Mado
- *Echo* (2007), as The caretaker
- *Komma* (2006), as Hélène Brückner
- *A Truck Under Repair* (2006), as Mathilde
- *The Ring Finger* (2005), as La dame du 223
- *The Lost Domain* (2005), as Mme Chantal
- *That Day* (2003), as Leone
- *Bon Voyage* (2003), as Mme Arbesault
- *Man on the Train* (2002), as Manesquier's Sister
- *Sœur Thérèse.com* (2002), series, as Mère supérieure
- *Vidocq* (2001), as Sylvia
- *Savage Souls* (2001), as Première femme veillée
- *Du côté des filles* (2001), as Fanette
- *Brotherhood of the Wolf* (2001), as Mme de Morangias
- *The Dark Room* (2000), as The widow
- *Comedy of Innocence* (2000), as Laurence
- *Of Woman and Magic* (2000), as Mme Weygand - la mère de Claire
- *Fidelity* (2000), as Diane
- *Time Regained* (1999), as Oriane de Guermantes — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/time-regained.md)
- *Venus Beauty Institute* (1999), as La cliente aux taches sur les mains
- *An Air So Pure* (1997), as Mlle Sophie
- *Casa de Lava* (1995), as Edith
- *Joan the Maid II: The Prisons* (1994), as Jeanne de Béthune
- *Loonies at Large* (1993), as Madame Toussaint
- *La fable des continents* (1991), as Etnóloga
- *The Lovers on the Bridge* (1991), as Couple in car
- *Rue du Bac* (1991), as Judith
- *One Can Always Dream* (1991), as Solange de Boylesve
- *Radio corbeau* (1989), as Mme Michel, la libraire
- *Casting* (1983), as Charles's wife
- *One Deadly Summer* (1983), as Doctor
- *A Thousand Billion Dollars* (1982), as Madame Bronsky
- *Le Sang des Atrides* (1981), as La voyante
- *Le Dernier Mélodrame* (1979), as Lilette
- *The Suspended Vocation* (1978), as Mère Angélique 1
- *To Each His Hell* (1977), as La folle
- *La Poupée sanglante* (1976), series, as Marquise de Coulteray
- *The Acrobat* (1976), as Valentine
- *Erica Minor* (1974), as Marianne
- *La tête* (1973), as Voices (voice)
- *The Old Maid* (1972), as Edith, Monod's Wife
- *Love Me Strangely* (1971), as Sylvie Revent
- *La mort de Danton* (1970), as Lucile Desmoulins
- *La Mort de Danton* (1970), as Lucile Desmoulins
- *The Milky Way* (1969), as Virgin Mary
- *Haschisch* (1968), as Actress
- *An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes* (1967), as Alice Brent
- *Thomas the Impostor* (1965), as l'infirmière
- *Le Passage* (1965), Actor
- *Fantasmagorie* (1964), as The woman
- *Judex* (1963), as Jacqueline Favraux
- *Therese* (1962), as Anne De La Trave
- *The Burning Court* (1962), as Marie D'Aubray Boissand
- *Emile's Boat* (1962), as Claude Larmentiel
- *Assassin in the Phonebook* (1962), as Jenny
- *Le Bel Âge* (1960), as Edith
- *Eyes Without a Face* (1960), as Christiane Génessier — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/eyes-without-a-face.md)
- *Line of Sight* (1960), as Pascale
- *Head Against the Wall* (1959), as The singing mad

## Gallery

- ![Édith Scob](https://film.one/media/person/120168/gallery-482b607e36dc.jpg) Édith Scob — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Edith_Scob_Cannes_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Olivier Assayas, le producteur Charles Gilibert, Édith Scob et Alice de Lencquesaing à l'avant-première de L'Heure d'été diffusée à l'UGC Ciné Cité Les Halles,  (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/120168/gallery-706a24d138f8.jpg) Olivier Assayas, le producteur Charles Gilibert, Édith Scob et Alice de Lencquesaing à l'avant-première de L'Heure d'été diffusée à l'UGC Ciné Cité Les Halles,  (2008) — Thierry Caro, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Assayas-Scob-Lencquesaing-L%27Heure.JPG/1280px-Assayas-Scob-Lencquesaing-L%27Heure.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Édith Scob à l'avant-première de Didine diffusée à l'UGC Ciné Cité Les Halles, à Paris. (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/120168/gallery-1d1fb923f1eb.jpg) Édith Scob à l'avant-première de Didine diffusée à l'UGC Ciné Cité Les Halles, à Paris. (2008) — Thierry Caro, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/%C3%89dith-Scob-Didine.JPG/1280px-%C3%89dith-Scob-Didine.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Édith Scob à l'avant-première de L'Heure d'été diffusée à l'UGC Ciné Cité Les Halles, à Paris. (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/120168/gallery-d81202bb518a.jpg) Édith Scob à l'avant-première de L'Heure d'été diffusée à l'UGC Ciné Cité Les Halles, à Paris. (2008) — Thierry Caro, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/%C3%89dith-Scob-L%27Heure.JPG/1280px-%C3%89dith-Scob-L%27Heure.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Édith Scob](https://film.one/media/person/120168/gallery-9a7d663ee512.jpg) Édith Scob — Image via TMDB
- ![Édith Scob](https://film.one/media/person/120168/gallery-d38c2104d12c.jpg) Édith Scob — Image via TMDB
- ![Édith Scob dans les yeux sans visage (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/120168/gallery-bc53af88931a.jpg) Édith Scob dans les yeux sans visage (2018) — Jean-Paul Corlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/%C3%89dith_Scob_dans_les_yeux_sans_visage.jpg/1280px-%C3%89dith_Scob_dans_les_yeux_sans_visage.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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