[1] Her father, Pierre Bédat de Monlaur (fr), was a poet, descended from the French comital family of d'Escoubès de Monlaur;[2][3][4] her mother was a ballet dancer.

In 1960, she also starred in the Hammer horror film The Brides of Dracula alongside other noted British actors of the day Peter Cushing and Freda Jackson and in The Terror of the Tongs (1961) with Christopher Lee.

[6] Monlaur screentested for the role of Domino Derval in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball.

[7] After working on a number of German and Italian films, Monlaur left the industry and returned to Paris.

Monlaur died in Paris, France, on 18 April 2017, aged 77, survived by her only son Alexis.