Aged 13, Lauzanne came to Paris where he grew up and developed an interest in literature and especially theater.

One day, a friend gave him a letter of recommendation to the playwright Félix-Auguste Duvert, who already had some theatre plays given on stage.

"I once knew in a boarding house a Mr Lauzanne, who loved me very much, and made me jump on his lap, Duvert said the young man.

Lauzanne made his debut in theatre with a parody in burlesques verse of the drama Hernani: Harnali, ou la Contrainte par cor (23 March 1830), interpreted by Étienne Arnal which ran many times on stage.

Made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1853, Lauzanne was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery in the 54th division.