[1] Following World War II, he began his career as a female impersonator in Le Carrousel de Paris, taking his stage name from the 1946 Rita Hayworth film Gilda.

[3][4] In 1946, he had a small acting role in Yvan Noé's film Une femme coupée en morceaux [fr].

[1] In the 1970s, Guilda had a number of acting roles in the films of Denis Héroux, including The Awakening (L'amour humain), There's Always a Way to Find a Way (Y'a toujours moyen de moyenner!)

[2] In the 1980s, Guilda appeared in an episode of Télévision de Radio-Canada's annual New Year's Eve special Bye Bye, portrayed the Chevalier d'Éon in an episode of Radio-Canada's dramatic anthology series Les Grands Esprits,[6] and appeared in André Forcier's 1988 film Kalamazoo.

[14] Having largely retired from stage performing by the late 1980s, he also took up painting, and had a number of exhibitions of his artistic work in the early 2000s.