Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Andrée Malebranche a ranar 28 ga Nuwamba 1916 a Port-au-Prince, Haiti zuwa Clio (née Lemaire) da Lelio Malebranche. Girma a cikin dangi mai wadata, burinta na yin aiki a matsayin mai zane-zane hanya ce da ba ta saba ba a wancan lokacin, amma tun daga ƙuruciya, Malebranche tana son koyon zane-zane. A lokacin yarinta, da
Amurka ta mamaye Haiti, wanda hakan ya yi tasiri sosai ga muradin ta na shawo kan murkushewar al'adun ta na Afirka da na Haiti. Bayan kammala karatunta na farko a makarantu masu zaman kansu, ta halarci École Normal kuma ta kammala karatu a 1938. Yayin da aka nada mahaifinta a matsayin jakadan Haiti a Cuba, Malebranche ta ci gaba da karatunta a Ciriulo da Bella Artes a Havana, inda ta sami digiri na farko a shekarar 1941.