During this period, he appeared in two plays by Labiche, alongside Jean-Marie Geoffroy [fr] : * Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon [fr], comedy in four acts by Labiche, created on 10 September 1860 (part of Armand); and La Poudre aux yeux, comedy in 2 acts by Labiche, created on 19 October 1861 (part of Frédéric).
He then spent ten years in St. Petersburg (1864-1874; in the French Imperial Theater Direction Company (ru: Французская труппа при императорских театрах) and was a success; among his roles in St. Petersburg : Pâris - La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach in 1866, for the first time in Russia), returned to France in 1874, where he was hired for a year at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, and where he played in Les Samedis de Madame [fr], a comedy in 3 acts by Labiche, created on 15 September 1874.
He then played for twenty years at the Théâtre du Vaudeville, and ended his career flitting between multiple Parisian theatres.
They had two daughters including Alphonsine Eugénie (born 15 January 1860) in Paris who also became an actress under the name of Miss Déa Dieudonné.
In that year, father and daughter had obtained an engagement at the city casino, where they had brilliant success.