Career
He joined Opéra de Paris in 1947 as a dancer. In 1956, he joined Opéra-Comique. The same year, he wroteLes Carnets de Marie-Chantal, creating a character who is the archetype of the snobbish socialite.
He was at the time one of the few people to appear on television as openly gay.
He had throat cancer. In his last years he lived in a castle of Monthyon, a property in the vicinity of Paris owned by Jean-Claude Brialy.