[6] She was classmates with Michèle Morgan, Danièle Delorme, and her future spouse, Maurice Ronet.

[7] She began her stage acting career in 1956 with La Reine et les Insurgés, written by Ugo Betti and directed by Michel Vitold.

She later took on numerous supporting roles, most notably in The Troops of St. Tropez, Up to His Ears, and Le Distrait.

In 2006, she played the role of Hortense Bertin in the drama Les Secrets du volcan, directed by Michaëla Watteaux.

[11][12][13][14][15] Her burial at the Père Lachaise Cemetery on 10 December 2018 was attended by celebrities such as Daniel Auteuil and Bernard Le Coq.