Micheline Presle
Micheline Presle (born Micheline Nicole Julia Émilienne Chassagne on 22 August 1922) 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.
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Known for
Combat!
Annette
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Rachelle
Tales of the Unexpected
Madame Lagrue
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Grandma
The Count of Monte Cristo
Madame de Saint-Méran
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Elle-même (l'actrice)
Les Saintes Chéries
Ève Lagarde
Midi Première
Self
La Vie de Marianne
Mme. de Miran
Donkey Skin
The Red Queen
The Legend of Frenchie King
Aunt Amelie
Christine
Baroness Lena Eggersdorf
The Seven Deadly Sins
Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
Fanfan
Maude
The Prize
Denise Marceau
Just Like Brothers
Grandmother
Venus Beauty Institute
Tante Maryse
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Mrs. de Pompadour
Chouchou
La mère de Stanislas
A Slightly Pregnant Man
Dr Delavigne
The Blood of Others
Denise
Going South
La grand-mère
Blind Date
Jacqueline Cousteau
Five Day Lover
Madeleine
A Man and His Dog
Femme
Male Hunt
Isabelle Lartois
Rue Mandar
la tante
The Spanking
(uncredited)
The Nun
Mme de Moni
Devil in the Flesh
Marthe Grangier
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
Jeanne Martinez
Napoleon
Queen Hortense de Beauharnais
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Micheline Allan
King of Hearts
Madame Eva aka Madame Eglantine
The Baron of the Locks
Perle Germain-Joubert
Les Miserables
La mère supérieure / Mother Superior
Imperial Venus
Josephine
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
Star Belladonna
The Assassin
Adalgisa De Matteis
Angel and Sinner
Élisabeth Rousset, aka "Boule de suif"
We Forget Everything!
Madame Courdevey
House of Ricordi
Virginia Marchi
Nea
Helen Ashby
I Want to Go Home
Isabelle Gauthier
Mistress of the World - Part I
Madame Latour
A Mistress for the Summer
Paule
Transfixed
Violette Ancelin
Should Not!...
la "mère" de Bernard
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
Self
The Broken Mirror
Mother
Bad Company
Mamie
If a Man Answers
Germaine Stacy
A Chef in Love
Marcelle Ichak
Thieves After Dark
Genevieve
Her Bridal Night
Judith Aurigault
France Boutique
Nicole
Hail! Mafia
Daisy
It Happened in the Park
Valeria Valenzano (segment: Gli amanti)
Law of Men
Sophie Givier
Mistress of the World - Part II
Mrs. Latour
The Heart at Work
Madeleine
La Dame aux camélias
Marguerite Gauthier
Don't Bite, We Love You
Psychologist
Saltimbank
Mrs. Saltim
Four Flights to Love
Janine Mercier / Jeannette Leblan
Casque bleu
Gisèle
Bankable
Granny
Mignon Has Left
Prof. Girelli
Les impures
Michèle
Danielle Darrieux : Il est poli d'être gai !
Self (archive footage)
La Gueule de l’emploi
Micheline Presle
Hitler in Hollywood
Micheline Presle
Vous êtes de la police ?
Jane Latour-Jackson
Devil in the Brain
Countess Claudia Osio De Blanc
Demoniac
Hélène Vanaux
Les Fausses Confidences
Mme Argente
Your Turn, My Turn
Valentine Vatrin
A Day at the Museum
Liliane
Adventures of Captain Fabian
Lea Mariotte
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
Mlle Chagrin
The Chips Are Down
Eve Charlier
Secrets of a Ballerina
Clara Biondi
La vie au grand air
Claire Lacombe
Something Fishy
Mrs. Loussine
The French Way
Claire Ancelot
Dark Purpose
Monique Bouvier
Diary of a Seducer
Diane
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
Self
Epiphany Sunday
Germaine et Marie-Louise
Charming Fellow
Bélise
Thirteen at the Table
Madeleine Villardier
The Love of a Woman
Marie Prieur
Paris Frills
Micheline Lafaurie
The Voyage of Penelope
Hermine
Thelma, Louise et Chantal
Huguette
Lust
Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard
Out of Whack
Carmen
The Bamboo Stroke
Angèle Brissac
The Devil in the Box
Madame Aubert
Teuf-teuf
Fantastic Night
Irène
Under My Skin
Paule Manet
Earth Light
L'Antiquaire
I Sing
(uncredited)
Vivement dimanche
Self
Tender Souls
Juliette
My Name is Victor
Luce
The Red and the Black
Madame de Rénal
Beau temps mais orageux en fin de journée
Jacqueline
Two Big Girls in Pyjamas
Laurence
Petite peste
Après après-demain
La voisine
The Last Days of Pompeii
Hélène
Girls in Distress
Jacqueline Presle
Time Out for Love
Michele
Les pieds nickelés
Paméla Van Der Mèche
It All Depends on Girls
Betty
In inniger Feindschaft
Gloria Maieul
The Beautiful Adventure
Françoise Pimbrache
Qui trop embrasse...
La mère de Christian
Grève party
Madame Raymonde
Parade in 7 Nights
Irène Morillon
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
Self
The Journey to Paris
Madame Dubosc
Bobosse
Régine / Simone
Anna in Corsica
Marie
Castle of the Banned Lovers
Lucrezia Cenci
Seul face au crime
Maria
Foolish Husbands
Adélaïde Barbier
Démons de midi
Rose
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
Madame de Séryeuse
Vertiges de l'amour
La mère de Vincent
Seduction Of The South
La marchesa
Women Are Talkative
Nicole
All Roads Lead to Rome
Laura Lee
Champs-Elysées
Self
The Other Eye
Self
Sacrée soirée
Self
At the Top of the Stairs
Mathilde
Grabuge!
Gisèle Lenoir
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Le voyageur sans bagage
Mme Renaud
I Will Show My Breasts
Jeanne
S'il vous plaît... la mer?
Un enfant, un secret
Marthe
Les Anges 1943, histoire d'un film
Self (voice)
They Were Twelve Women
Lucie
Vous seule que j'aime
Comedy of Happiness
Lydia
Le soleil a toujours raison
Micheline
Twilight
Félicie Nanteuil
Certaines nouvelles
Hélène
Fathers' Day
Mireille Miran
Point d'orgue
Avril Espart
Archipelago of Love
The mother (segment "Remue-ménage")
Les Disparus de Saint-Agil
Mme Donnadieu
Samedi soir
Self
The Dog
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Alouette, je te plumerai
Lady with jewels
Apostrophes
Self
Matin Bonheur
Self