Micheline Presle

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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known For: Acting

Born: Paris, France, 1922-08-22

Died: 2024-02-21

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1937	The Spanking	(uncredited)	60
2	1938	I Sing	(uncredited)	10
3	1939	Girls in Distress	Jacqueline Presle	45
4	1939	Petite peste		0
5	1939	Vous seule que j'aime		0
6	1939	Four Flights to Love	Janine Mercier / Jeannette Leblan	62
7	1940	They Were Twelve Women	Lucie	53
8	1940	The French Way	Claire Ancelot	50
9	1940	Comedy of Happiness	Lydia	64
10	1941	Parade in 7 Nights	Irène Morillon	45
11	1941	Foolish Husbands	Adélaïde Barbier	60
12	1942	Fantastic Night	Irène	59
13	1942	The Beautiful Adventure	Françoise Pimbrache	0
14	1943	Le soleil a toujours raison	Micheline	60
15	1943	Secrets of a Ballerina	Clara Biondi	53
16	1944	Twilight	Félicie Nanteuil	60
17	1945	Paris Frills	Micheline Lafaurie	65
18	1945	Angel and Sinner	Élisabeth Rousset, aka "Boule de suif"	56
19	1947	The Chips Are Down	Eve Charlier	68
20	1947	Devil in the Flesh	Marthe Grangier	63
21	1949	All Roads Lead to Rome	Laura Lee	60
22	1950	The Last Days of Pompeii	Hélène	52
23	1950	Under My Skin	Paule Manet	59
24	1950	American Guerrilla in the Philippines	Jeanne Martinez	55
25	1951	Adventures of Captain Fabian	Lea Mariotte	52
26	1953	La Dame aux camélias	Marguerite Gauthier	45
27	1953	The Love of a Woman	Marie Prieur	68
28	1953	It Happened in the Park	Valeria Valenzano (segment: Gli amanti)	64
29	1954	Royal Affairs in Versailles	Mrs. de Pompadour	68
30	1954	Les impures	Michèle	42
31	1954	House of Ricordi	Virginia Marchi	62
32	1955	Napoleon	Queen Hortense de Beauharnais	66
33	1955	Thirteen at the Table	Madeleine Villardier	43
34	1956	Castle of the Banned Lovers	Lucrezia Cenci	60
35	1956	Her Bridal Night	Judith Aurigault	53
36	1957	Demoniac	Hélène Vanaux	60
37	1958	Women Are Talkative	Nicole	35
38	1958	Christine	Baroness Lena Eggersdorf	63
39	1959	Bobosse	Régine / Simone	80
40	1959	Blind Date	Jacqueline Cousteau	60
41	1960	A Mistress for the Summer	Paule	55
42	1960	The Baron of the Locks	Perle Germain-Joubert	63
43	1960	Mistress of the World - Part I	Madame Latour	62
44	1960	Mistress of the World - Part II	Mrs. Latour	50
45	1961	Time Out for Love	Michele	53
46	1961	Five Day Lover	Madeleine	63
47	1961	The Assassin	Adalgisa De Matteis	68
48	1961	Seduction Of The South	La marchesa	45
49	1961	The Red and the Black	Madame de Rénal	0
50	1962	Lust	Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard	75
51	1962	The Seven Deadly Sins	Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard (segment "La luxure")	56
52	1962	Law of Men	Sophie Givier	40
53	1962	The Devil and the Ten Commandments	Micheline Allan	57
54	1962	If a Man Answers	Germaine Stacy	59
55	1962	Imperial Venus	Josephine	37
56	1963	The Bamboo Stroke	Angèle Brissac	33
57	1963	Teuf-teuf		0
58	1963	The Prize	Denise Marceau	68
59	1964	Dark Purpose	Monique Bouvier	53
60	1964	Male Hunt	Isabelle Lartois	66
61	1964	Les pieds nickelés	Paméla Van Der Mèche	58
62	1965	Hail! Mafia	Daisy	70
63	1966	King of Hearts	Madame Eva aka Madame Eglantine	69
64	1967	The Nun	Mme de Moni	71
65	1969	À la recherche de Jean Grémillon	Self	0
66	1970	Le Bal du comte d'Orgel	Madame de Séryeuse	50
67	1970	Earth Light	L'Antiquaire	68
68	1970	Donkey Skin	The Red Queen	72
69	1971	The Legend of Frenchie King	Aunt Amelie	56
70	1972	Devil in the Brain	Countess Claudia Osio De Blanc	57
71	1973	A Slightly Pregnant Man	Dr Delavigne	57
72	1974	La Gueule de l’emploi	Micheline Presle	28
73	1974	Two Big Girls in Pyjamas	Laurence	31
74	1975	The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan	Star Belladonna	10
75	1975	The Broken Mirror	Mother	80
76	1976	Don't Bite, We Love You		40
77	1976	Nea	Helen Ashby	47
78	1977	The Devil in the Box	Madame Aubert	45
79	1978	Your Turn, My Turn	Valentine Vatrin	43
80	1979	We Forget Everything!	Madame Courdevey	0
81	1979	I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs	Mlle Chagrin	52
82	1979	S'il vous plaît... la mer?		0
83	1979	Démons de midi	Rose	0
84	1979	Out of Whack	Carmen	60
85	1980	It All Depends on Girls	Betty	43
86	1980	Certaines nouvelles	Hélène	70
87	1983	Archipelago of Love	The mother (segment "Remue-ménage")	37
88	1983	At the Top of the Stairs	Mathilde	72
89	1984	Thieves After Dark	Genevieve	47
90	1984	The Dog		0
91	1984	The Blood of Others	Denise	50
92	1984	Les Fausses Confidences	Mme Argente	38
93	1986	Qui trop embrasse...	La mère de Christian	0
94	1986	Beau temps mais orageux en fin de journée	Jacqueline	54
95	1988	Alouette, je te plumerai	Lady with jewels	15
96	1988	Mignon Has Left	Prof. Girelli	71
97	1989	In inniger Feindschaft	Gloria Maieul	0
98	1989	I Want to Go Home	Isabelle Gauthier	49
99	1990	Fathers' Day	Mireille Miran	36
100	1990	Après après-demain	La voisine	0
101	1991	Seul face au crime	Maria	0
102	1991	Epiphany Sunday	Germaine et Marie-Louise	58
103	1991	Les Disparus de Saint-Agil	Mme Donnadieu	0
104	1991	The Other Eye	Self	0
105	1993	My Name is Victor	Luce	0
106	1993	Point d'orgue	Avril Espart	0
107	1993	Fanfan	Maude	63
108	1994	Something Fishy	Mrs. Loussine	60
109	1994	Casque bleu	Gisèle	53
110	1995	Les Miserables	La mère supérieure / Mother Superior	67
111	1996	Diary of a Seducer	Diane	52
112	1996	The Voyage of Penelope	Hermine	48
113	1996	A Chef in Love	Marcelle Ichak	46
114	1996	Should Not!...	la "mère" de Bernard	52
115	1998	Grève party	Madame Raymonde	50
116	1999	Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon	Self	0
117	1999	Venus Beauty Institute	Tante Maryse	58
118	1999	The Journey to Paris	Madame Dubosc	40
119	1999	Bad Company	Mamie	52
120	2000	Un enfant, un secret	Marthe	0
121	2000	The Heart at Work	Madeleine	42
122	2001	Charming Fellow	Bélise	40
123	2001	Transfixed	Violette Ancelin	56
124	2001	Tender Souls	Juliette	40
125	2001	Vertiges de l'amour	La mère de Vincent	48
126	2002	La vie au grand air	Claire Lacombe	0
127	2003	Chouchou	La mère de Stanislas	53
128	2003	Anna in Corsica	Marie	0
129	2003	Saltimbank	Mrs. Saltim	50
130	2003	France Boutique	Nicole	49
131	2004	Les Anges 1943, histoire d'un film	Self (voice)	0
132	2004	Le voyageur sans bagage	Mme Renaud	70
133	2005	Grabuge!	Gisèle Lenoir	45
134	2007	Vous êtes de la police ?	Jane Latour-Jackson	0
135	2008	A Day at the Museum	Liliane	45
136	2009	A Man and His Dog	Femme	60
137	2009	Going South	La grand-mère	58
138	2010	Thelma, Louise et Chantal	Huguette	57
139	2011	Hitler in Hollywood	Micheline Presle	63
140	2012	Bankable	Granny	58
141	2012	Just Like Brothers	Grandmother	66
142	2013	Rue Mandar	la tante	53
143	2013	I Will Show My Breasts	Jeanne	0
144	2018	Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic	Self	64
145	2019	Danielle Darrieux : Il est poli d'être gai !	Self (archive footage)	71

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1958	Les Cinq Dernières Minutes	Rachelle	0
3	1962	Combat!	Annette	77
4	1965	Les Saintes Chéries	Ève Lagarde	60
5	1971	Samedi soir	Self	60
6	1975	Midi Première	Self	100
7	1975	Apostrophes	Self	85
8	1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self	60
9	1976	La Vie de Marianne	Mme. de Miran	0
10	1979	Tales of the Unexpected	Madame Lagrue	67
11	1982	Champs-Elysées	Self	63
12	1985	The Ray Bradbury Theater	Grandma	69
13	1987	Matin Bonheur	Self	0
14	1987	Sacrée soirée	Self	65
15	1998	The Count of Monte Cristo	Madame de Saint-Méran	72
16	1998	Vivement dimanche	Self	30
17	1998	H	Elle-même (l'actrice)	71

Micheline Presle

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