[5] In April 1881, Jarbeau replaced Alice Burville as Arabella Lane in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's production of Billie Taylor.

[6] By 1888, Jarbeau, along with her husband Jefferson Bernstein, led a company of entertainers which toured across the United States.

[10][11] Her early vaudeville acts included songs and celebrity imitations, with her impressions of Albert Chevalier and Louise Théo being especially popular.

[19] In 1889, Jarbeau and Bernstein were involved in another financial dispute when Will S. Rising alleged that they had not paid him the money that was due to him under contract.

[18] After retiring from acting following her husband's death in 1911, Jarbeau became active in the breeding of French bulldogs at her kennel Vernie Farm in Nanuet, New York.