She was born in Paris, and emigrated to the United States after the end of World War I.

A member of the Comédie-Française who had also performed at the Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt,[2] D'Ambricourt made her American acting debut in the 1922 Gershwin Broadway musical comedy, The French Doll, in which she had one of the main roles, "Baroness Mazulier".

[4] With the advent of talking pictures, and before dubbing came into general use, D'Ambricourt was used in several films which were the French version of English language ones, such as Quand on est belle (The Easiest Way — 1931), L'énigmatique Mr. Parkes (Slightly Scarlet — 1930), and Nuit d'Espagne (Transgression — 1931).

Her final role was in George Cukor's Les Girls, starring Gene Kelly and Mitzi Gaynor, in which she played the wardrobe woman.

[7] On December 6, 1957, D'Ambricourt suffered a fatal heart attack while driving in Hollywood.