Micheline Presle
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.
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Movies (146)
Danielle Darrieux : Il est poli d'être gai !
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Jean Paul Gaultier: Freak & Chic
2018 · Self
I Will Show My Breasts
2013 · Jeanne
Rue Mandar
2013 · la tante
Just Like Brothers
2012 · Grandmother
Bankable
2012 · Granny
Hitler in Hollywood
2011 · Micheline Presle
Thelma, Louise et Chantal
2010 · Huguette
Going South
2009 · La grand-mère
A Man and His Dog
2009 · Femme
A Day at the Museum
2008 · Liliane
Vous êtes de la police ?
2007 · Jane Latour-Jackson
Grabuge!
2005 · Gisèle Lenoir
Le Voyageur sans bagage
2004 · Mme Renaud
Les Anges 1943, histoire d'un film
2004 · Self (voice)
France Boutique
2003 · Nicole
Saltimbank
2003 · Mrs. Saltim
Anna in Corsica
2003 · Marie
Chouchou
2003 · La mère de Stanislas
La Vie au grand air
2002 · Claire Lacombe
Vertiges de l'amour
2001 · La mère de Vincent
Tender Souls
2001 · Juliette
Transfixed
2001 · Violette Ancelin
Charming Fellow
2001 · Bélise
The Heart at Work
2000 · Madeleine
Un enfant, un secret
2000 · Marthe
Bad Company
1999 · Mamie
The Journey to Paris
1999 · Madame Dubosc
Venus Beauty Institute
1999 · Tante Maryse
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
1999 · Self
Grève party
1998 · Madame Raymonde
Should Not!...
1996 · la "mère" de Bernard
A Chef in Love
1996 · Marcelle Ichak
The Voyage of Penelope
1996 · Hermine
Diary of a Seducer
1996 · Diane
Les Miserables
1995 · Mother Superior
Casque bleu
1994 · Gisèle
Something Fishy
1994 · Mrs. Loussine
Fanfan
1993 · Maude
Point d'orgue
1993 · Avril Espart
My Name is Victor
1993 · Luce
The Other Eye
1991 · Self
Les Disparus de Saint-Agil
1991 · Mme Donnadieu
Epiphany Sunday
1991 · Germaine et Marie-Louise
Après après-demain
1990 · La voisine
Fathers' Day
1990 · Mireille Miran
I Want to Go Home
1989 · Isabelle Gauthier
In inniger Feindschaft
1989 · Gloria Maieul
Mignon Has Left
1988 · Prof. Girelli
Lark, I'll Pluck You!
1988 · Lady with jewels
Good Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon
1986 · Jacqueline
Qui trop embrasse...
1986 · La mère de Christian
Les Fausses Confidences
1984 · Mme Argente
The Blood of Others
1984 · Denise
The Dog
1984 · Simone
Thieves After Dark
1984 · Genevieve
At the Top of the Stairs
1983 · Mathilde
Archipelago of Love
1983 · The mother (segment "Remue-ménage")
L'âge d'aimer
1981 · Tante Mathilde
Certaines nouvelles
1980 · Hélène
It All Depends on Girls
1980 · Betty
Out of Whack
1979 · Carmen
Démons de midi
1979 · Rose
S'il vous plaît... la mer ?
1979
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
1979 · Mlle Chagrin
We Forget Everything!
1979 · Madame Courdevey
Your Turn, My Turn
1978 · Valentine Vatrin
The Devil in the Box
1977 · Madame Aubert
Nea
1976 · Helen Ashby
Don't Bite, We Love You
1976 · Psychologist
The Broken Mirror
1975 · Mother
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
1975 · Star Belladonna
The Prey
1974 · Bessie
Two Big Girls in Pyjamas
1974 · Laurence
La Gueule de l’emploi
1974 · Micheline Presle
A Slightly Pregnant Man
1973 · Dr Delavigne
Devil in the Brain
1972 · Countess Claudia Osio De Blanc
The Legend of Frenchie King
1971 · Aunt Amelie
Donkey Skin
1970 · The Red Queen
Earth Light
1970 · L'Antiquaire
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
1970 · Madame de Séryeuse
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
1969 · Self
The Nun
1967 · Mme de Moni
King of Hearts
1966 · Madame Eva aka Madame Eglantine
Hail! Mafia
1965 · Daisy
Les Pieds nickelés
1964 · Paméla Van Der Mèche
Male Hunt
1964 · Isabelle Lartois
Dark Purpose
1964 · Monique Bouvier
The Prize
1963 · Denise Marceau
Teuf-teuf
1963
The Bamboo Stroke
1963 · Angèle Brissac
Imperial Venus
1962 · Josephine
If a Man Answers
1962 · Germaine Stacy
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962 · Micheline Allan
Law of Men
1962 · Sophie Givier
Lust
1962 · Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard
The Seven Deadly Sins
1962 · Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
The Red and the Black
1961 · Madame de Rénal
Seduction Of The South
1961 · La marchesa
The Assassin
1961 · Adalgisa De Matteis
Five Day Lover
1961 · Madeleine
Time Out for Love
1961 · Michele
Mistress of the World - Part II
1960 · Mrs. Latour
Mistress of the World - Part I
1960 · Madame Latour
The Baron of the Locks
1960 · Perle Germain-Joubert
A Mistress for the Summer
1960 · Paule
Blind Date
1959 · Jacqueline Cousteau
Bobosse
1959 · Régine / Simone
Christine
1958 · Baroness Lena Eggersdorf
Women Are Talkative
1958 · Nicole
Demoniac
1957 · Hélène Vanaux
Her Bridal Night
1956 · Judith Aurigault
Castle of the Banned Lovers
1956 · Lucrezia Cenci
Thirteen at the Table
1955 · Madeleine Villardier
Napoleon
1955 · Queen Hortense de Beauharnais
House of Ricordi
1954 · Virginia Marchi
The Impure Ones
1954 · Michèle
It Happened in the Park
1953 · Valeria Valenzano (segment "Gli Amanti")
Royal Affairs in Versailles
1953 · Mrs. de Pompadour
The Love of a Woman
1953 · Marie Prieur
La Dame aux camélias
1953 · Marguerite Gauthier
Adventures of Captain Fabian
1951 · Lea Mariotte
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950 · Jeanne Martinez
Under My Skin
1950 · Paule Manet
The Last Days of Pompeii
1950 · Hélène
All Roads Lead to Rome
1949 · Laura Lee
Devil in the Flesh
1947 · Marthe Grangier
The Chips Are Down
1947 · Eve Charlier
Angel and Sinner
1945 · Élisabeth Rousset, aka "Boule de suif"
Paris Frills
1945 · Micheline Lafaurie
Twilight
1944 · Félicie Nanteuil
Secrets of a Ballerina
1943 · Clara Biondi
Le soleil a toujours raison
1943 · Micheline
The Beautiful Adventure
1942 · Françoise Pimbrache
Fantastic Night
1942 · Irène
Foolish Husbands
1941 · Adélaïde Barbier
Parade in 7 Nights
1941 · Irène Morillon
Comedy of Happiness
1940 · Lydia
The French Way
1940 · Claire Ancelot
They Were Twelve Women
1940 · Lucie
Four Flights to Love
1939 · Janine Mercier / Jeannette Leblan
Vous seule que j'aime
1939
Petite peste
1939
Girls in Distress
1939 · Jacqueline Presle
I Sing
1938 · (uncredited)
The Spanking
1937 · (uncredited)
TV shows (19)
H
1998 · Elle-même (l'actrice)
Vivement dimanche
1998 · Self
The Count of Monte Cristo
1998 · Madame de Saint-Méran
Un cane sciolto
1990 · Maria
Sacrée soirée
1987 · Self
Matin Bonheur
1987 · Self
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985 · Grandma
Champs-Elysées
1982 · Self
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Madame Lagrue
Ciné regards
1978 · Self
La Vie de Marianne
1976 · Mme. de Miran
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
Apostrophes
1975 · Self
Midi Première
1975 · Self
Samedi soir
1971 · Self
Les Saintes Chéries
1965 · Ève Lagarde
Combat!
1962 · Annette
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
1958 · Rachelle
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self