She began acting at a young age, and had a long career as an actress and reciter.
[5] She wrote the libretti for his operas Médée, Bolivar, and La mère coupable.
They reached Lisbon and from there sailed to America, where they and their 10-year-old son stayed for the remainder of the war.
When Madelaine Milhaud visited Mills College in the early eighties, Emmanuel of Radio à la Carte was able to have a conversation with her about her husband's playing before they moved to California for a while.
She shared that when people asked where they could hear the new young musicians, they would be told that the "Boeuf est sur le toit", the jam sessions is taking place on the roof.