With her first husband conductor and stage director Albert Roberval. she had a school for singing and drama. Their students include Pierrette Alarie, Fleurette Beauchamp, Monique Leyrac and Honoré Vaillancourt.
Daughter of an orchestra conductor and a singer, as a mezzo-soprano she sang at the Met and European theaters including Covent Garden. She became later an actress in Canada working in theater and radio.