She met Abel Gance in 1954, who gave her the opportunity to work on the film La tour de Nesle.

While Kaplan's films have been marketed as soft-core pornography, her works are often female-centered and approach eroticism from a woman's point of view.

Kaplan regularly collaborated on the show "Des Papous dans la Tête," on France Culture.

Kaplan was Commander of the Arts and Letters, Officer in the National Merite Order, Cavalier of the Legion of Honor, and Academician of the Alphonse Allais Academy.

Co-writer of Jean Chapot's téléfilms: Collaborated over 22 years to the Magazine Littéraire with a column on film adaptations from books.