- Member of French Resistance during World War II.
- For saving French Jews during World War II, she was named Righteous Among the Nations in 2005.
- She was mainly famous in France for the role of Mahaut d'Artois in the TV series "Les Rois Maudits".
- Professor of French in Bergerac, Dordogne, France, she had Juliette Gréco among her pupils, then took care of her during World War II.
- Decorated as Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in 2009 (Officier in 2011).
- Her husband, the diplomat and dramatist René Catroux, was the son of General Georges Catroux, Compagnon de la Libération and Grand Chancelier de la Légion d'Honneur.
- Mother of Elisabeth Catroux.
- In 2005, she published her memoirs entitled "Entre cour et jardin".
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