Born in Cannes in 1959, Élisabeth Mazeraud made a name for herself under the name Élisabeth Anaïs, with whom she recorded an album for Pierre Rapsat and songs for George Chakiris and Pascal Danel in the early 1980s, before going on to record "Antoine de Vaillon " under the name Anaïs (1983) and "Intimité " (1984) on her own account. Co-author of the 1983 hit "Rockeuse de diamants " and other lyrics for Catherine Lara, she was joined by her regular collaborator, composer and producer Claude Engel, as well as Serge Gainsbourg, who wrote the 1986 track "Mon père un catholique", the B-side of the single "Balance ascendant capricieuse". Other songs followed for the Tréma, Philips and Virgin labels, including "Canaille Go with You?" (1987), where her sense of wordplay is put to the test, and "Toutes les mêmes " (1989), as well as "Légende", taken from her debut album Les Filles Compliquées, released in 1991. During this interlude, Élisabeth Anaïs wrote other lyrics for Maurane, Guy Marchand, Sabine Paturel and Elsa, and later for Jil Caplan, Philippe Lavil, Garou, Roch Voisine, Daniel Lavoie, Veronica Antico, Nolwenn Leroy and Sanseverino. In 2002, she teamed up with Richard Cocciante for the musical Le Petit Prince, based on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, for which she adapted the text of the tale for the songs presented at the Casino de Paris. In 2004, Élisabeth Anaïs produced an album of jazz songs, Les Heures Claires.
