She lives in Paris and she's still very active in Theater,
being today the doyen of French actresses. Her recent performance: La
Cerisaie (Tchekov) directed by Jean-René Lemoine.
As well as appearing in theatre, she displayed a variety of talent and became a successful singer, appearing alongside the likes of Duke Ellington and Josephine Baker.
On 1 January 2009 she was granted the title of Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur by the French government,.
After her career in Jazz club, she gets her breakthrough in theatre in 1984 in La folie ordinaire d'une fille de Cham by French writer Julius Amédée Laou.
In 1947, Jenny Alpha is chosen as a model by artist Lemagny (grand Prize of Rome) for a French postal stamp to represent the Martinique.