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