Édith Scob

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

10/21/1937

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

Édith ScobÉdith Scobeltzineエディット・スコブ

Édith Scob

Biography

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 ta...

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