She had a brief theatrical career, particularly in the Compagnie Barrault-Renaud, before starring in feature films.
Claude Autant-Lara gave her her first actual opportunity in 1954, offering her one of the three leading roles in Le Blé en herbe.
[4] She then turned to television, playing the protagonist of the leading soap Cecilia.
Berger died of injuries six days after a vehicular accident in Eure when she was thrown from a car that she was driving.
Her passenger, French singer and actress Dany Dauberson, survived but never fully recovered emotionally or physically from the crash, which ended her career as a singer.