Micheline Presle
Acting
Born: August 22, 1922 · Paris, France
Died: February 21, 2024 (aged 101)
Highest Rated
Biography
Micheline Presle (born Micheline Nicole Julia Émilienne Chassagne; August 22, 1922 – February 21, 2024) was a French actress. She was sometimes billed as Micheline Prelle. Starting in 1939, she starred in over 50 French and English language films that were made in Hollywood and in France. Born in Paris, she wanted to be an actress from an early age. She took acting classes in her early teens and made her film debut at the age of fifteen in the 1937 production of La Fessée. In 1938, she was awarded the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti as the most promising young actress in French cinema. Her rise to European stardom, in films such as Devil in the Flesh, led to offers from Hollywood and in 1950, she was signed by 20th Century Fox. 20th Century Fox executives changed Presle's last name to Prell. It was later changed to Prelle after a soap company brought out Prell shampoo. Her first Hollywood production was a starring role opposite John Garfield in the film Under My Skin directed by Jean Negulesco. That same year director Fritz Lang cast her opposite Tyrone Power in the war drama American Guerrilla in the Philippines. In 1950, she became the second wife of American actor William Marshall with whom she had a daughter, Tonie. William Marshall had teamed up with actor Errol Flynn and his production company and in 1951 he directed Flynn and her in the film Adventures of Captain Fabian. Presle's marriage did not last and she returned to France, divorcing Marshall in 1954. Her career flourished in French films and in 1957 she was a guest on the American Ed Sullivan Show. In 1959 she performed in the United Kingdom English-language production of Blind Date directed by Joseph Losey. She returned to Hollywood in 1962 for the role of Sandra Dee's mother in the Universal Studios film If a Man Answers which also featured Dee's husband, singer Bobby Darin. The following year, Presle acted again in English in The Prize starring Paul Newman. She did not make another English film, but after performing in more than 50 films in French, in 1989 she appeared in the French-made bilingual production I Want to Go Home, for which she was nominated for the César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. In 1971, Presle signed the Manifesto of the 343, publicly declaring she had an illegal abortion. Presle died in Nogent-sur-Marne on 21 February 2024, at the age of 101, at the Maison des Artistes, a retirement home for artists, which receives partial government support. Her death was confirmed by Olivier Bomsel, her son-in-law, without specifying the cause. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Photos (7)
Movies (134)
Donkey Skin
The Red Queen
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
Jeanne Martinez
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Micheline Allan
The Legend of Frenchie King
Aunt Amelie
Imperial Venus
Josephine
If a Man Answers
Germaine Stacy
Devil in the Flesh
Marthe Grangier
Blind Date
Jacqueline Cousteau
The Seven Deadly Sins
Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
Castle of the Banned Lovers
Lucrezia Cenci
The Love of a Woman
Marie Prieur
I Want to Go Home
Isabelle Gauthier
Male Hunt
Isabelle Lartois
The Prize
Denise Marceau
A Man and His Dog
Femme
Les Miserables
Mother Superior
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
Mlle Chagrin
A Slightly Pregnant Man
Dr Delavigne
The Assassin
Adalgisa De Matteis
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Mrs. de Pompadour
The Baron of the Locks
Perle Germain-Joubert
The Nun
Mme de Moni
House of Ricordi
Virginia Marchi
King of Hearts
Madame Eva aka Madame Eglantine
The Last Days of Pompeii
Hélène
Four Flights to Love
Janine Mercier / Jeannette Leblan
Christine
Baroness Lena Eggersdorf
Napoleon
Queen Hortense de Beauharnais
Chouchou
La mère de Stanislas
It Happened in the Park
Valeria Valenzano (segment "Gli Amanti")
Vertiges de l'amour
La mère de Vincent
The Broken Mirror
Mother
The Blood of Others
Denise
My Name is Victor
Luce
Dark Purpose
Monique Bouvier
Hitler in Hollywood
Micheline Presle
They Were Twelve Women
Lucie
Fanfan
Maude
Her Bridal Night
Judith Aurigault
Good Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon
Jacqueline
Lust
Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard
Law of Men
Sophie Givier
Paris Frills
Micheline Lafaurie
Hail! Mafia
Daisy
Going South
La grand-mère
Thieves After Dark
Genevieve
Bobosse
Régine / Simone
Venus Beauty Institute
Tante Maryse
Le soleil a toujours raison
Micheline
Two Big Girls in Pyjamas
Laurence
Mistress of the World - Part I
Madame Latour
A Day at the Museum
Liliane
I Sing
(uncredited)
The Chips Are Down
Eve Charlier
Devil in the Brain
Countess Claudia Osio De Blanc
Out of Whack
Carmen
The Heart at Work
Madeleine
Should Not!...
la "mère" de Bernard
Twilight
Félicie Nanteuil
Adventures of Captain Fabian
Lea Mariotte
Fantastic Night
Irène
Mistress of the World - Part II
Mrs. Latour
Your Turn, My Turn
Valentine Vatrin
Les Fausses Confidences
Mme Argente
Archipelago of Love
The mother (segment "Remue-ménage")
Nea
Helen Ashby
Don't Bite, We Love You
Psychologist
Girls in Distress
Jacqueline Presle
La Vie au grand air
Claire Lacombe
The Spanking
(uncredited)
Angel and Sinner
Élisabeth Rousset, aka "Boule de suif"
Charming Fellow
Bélise
Earth Light
L'Antiquaire
The Voyage of Penelope
Hermine
Seduction Of The South
La marchesa
At the Top of the Stairs
Mathilde
Mignon Has Left
Prof. Girelli
Les Pieds nickelés
Paméla Van Der Mèche
Women Are Talkative
Nicole
Rue Mandar
la tante
Something Fishy
Mrs. Loussine
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
Star Belladonna
La Gueule de l’emploi
Micheline Presle
Lark, I'll Pluck You!
Lady with jewels
Thelma, Louise et Chantal
Huguette
La Dame aux camélias
Marguerite Gauthier
Five Day Lover
Madeleine
Demoniac
Hélène Vanaux
Just Like Brothers
Grandmother
In inniger Feindschaft
Gloria Maieul
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
Madame de Séryeuse
Transfixed
Violette Ancelin
All Roads Lead to Rome
Laura Lee
The Journey to Paris
Madame Dubosc
Démons de midi
Rose
Vous êtes de la police ?
Jane Latour-Jackson
Vous seule que j'aime
1939
Grève party
Madame Raymonde
The Bamboo Stroke
Angèle Brissac
Grabuge!
Gisèle Lenoir
France Boutique
Nicole
Epiphany Sunday
Germaine et Marie-Louise
The Red and the Black
Madame de Rénal
Après après-demain
La voisine
Parade in 7 Nights
Irène Morillon
Bad Company
Mamie
Time Out for Love
Michele
A Mistress for the Summer
Paule
Point d'orgue
Avril Espart
Under My Skin
Paule Manet
The Devil in the Box
Madame Aubert
Bankable
Granny
Comedy of Happiness
Lydia
The French Way
Claire Ancelot
Fathers' Day
Mireille Miran
The Beautiful Adventure
Françoise Pimbrache
Tender Souls
Juliette
Certaines nouvelles
Hélène
S'il vous plaît... la mer ?
1979
Thirteen at the Table
Madeleine Villardier
A Chef in Love
Marcelle Ichak
Les Disparus de Saint-Agil
Mme Donnadieu
Diary of a Seducer
Diane
Qui trop embrasse...
La mère de Christian
Casque bleu
Gisèle
The Impure Ones
Michèle
It All Depends on Girls
Betty
Secrets of a Ballerina
Clara Biondi
Foolish Husbands
Adélaïde Barbier
Anna in Corsica
Marie
We Forget Everything!
Madame Courdevey
Petite peste
1939
The Prey
Bessie
The Dog
Simone
TV Shows (8)
Tales of the Unexpected
Madame Lagrue · 1 eps
Combat!
Annette · 1 eps
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Grandma · 1 eps
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Rachelle · 1 eps
H
Elle-même (l'actrice) · 1 eps
The Count of Monte Cristo
Madame de Saint-Méran · 4 eps
Les Saintes Chéries
Ève Lagarde · 39 eps
La Vie de Marianne
Mme. de Miran · 6 eps
Self / Appearances (14)
Sacrée soirée
Self · 1 eps
Champs-Elysées
Self · 1 eps
Vivement dimanche
Self · 1 eps
Apostrophes
Self · 1 eps
Midi Première
Self · 1 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1 eps
Ciné regards
Self · 1 eps
Matin Bonheur
Self · 1 eps
Jean Paul Gaultier: Freak & Chic
Self
Danielle Darrieux : Il est poli d'être gai !
Self (archive footage)
Les Anges 1943, histoire d'un film
Self (voice)
The Other Eye
Self
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
Self