After 1949, she began appearing in films with small parts but continued primarily active in the theatre for several years — a year at the Théâtre National Populaire opposite among others Gérard Philipe Robert and Hirsch, then a breakout two years in dual roles in The Dazzling Hour by Anna Bonacci, then Jean Cocteau's Cocteau 's La Machine Infernale and others before another two - year run, this time in Shaw's Shaw 's Pygmalion. [6]