Born in Paris in 1920, Desailly pursued visual arts before turning to drama, earning the top prize at the Conservatoire de Paris and entering the Comédie-Française in 1942, where he remained until 1946. He then joined the Jean-Louis Barrault-Madeleine Renaud troupe at the Théâtre Marigny, tackling a diverse repertoire that included classic comedies and Shakespearean fantasies, and later assumed bo…
