[3] Growing up in Montmartre, Delair was the daughter of a father who upholstered expensive cars' interiors, and a seamstress mother.

[5] Today's audiences probably know her best as the feminine lead in the Laurel and Hardy comedy Atoll K (also known as Utopia), filmed in France and released in 1951.

[4] On 28 February 1948 she sang C'est si bon at the Hotel Negresco during the first Nice Jazz Festival.

On 26 June 1950 he recorded the American version of the song (English lyrics by Jerry Seelen) in New York City with Sy Oliver and his orchestra.

[citation needed] For 12 years, Delair was the companion of French film director, producer and screenwriter Henri-Georges Clouzot.