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Born · August 22, 1922
Died · February 21, 2024 (101 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Paris, France
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
Self (archive footage)
7.1
2019
Self
6.4
2018
Jeanne
0.0
2013
la tante
5.3
2013
Grandmother
6.6
2012
Micheline Presle
6.4
2011
Huguette
5.7
2010
La grand-mère
5.8
2009
Femme
5.9
2009
Liliane
4.5
2008
Jane Latour-Jackson
0.0
2007
Gisèle Lenoir
4.5
2005
Mme Renaud
7.0
2004
Self (voice)
0.0
2004
Nicole
4.9
2003
Mrs. Saltim
5.0
2003
Marie
0.0
2003
La mère de Stanislas
5.3
2003
Claire Lacombe
0.0
2002
La mère de Vincent
4.8
2001
Juliette
4.0
2001
Violette Ancelin
5.6
2001
Bélise
4.0
2001
Madeleine
4.6
2000
Marthe
0.0
2000
Mamie
5.2
1999
Madame Dubosc
4.0
1999
Tante Maryse
5.8
1999
Self
0.0
1999
Elle-même (l'actrice) · (1 episode)
7.1
1998
Self · (1 episode)
3.2
1998
Madame de Saint-Méran · (4 episodes)
7.3
1998
Madame Raymonde
5.0
1998
la "mère" de Bernard
5.3
1996
Marcelle Ichak
4.5
1996
Hermine
4.8
1996
Diane
5.2
1996
La mère supérieure / Mother Superior
6.7
1995
Gisèle
5.4
1994
Mrs. Loussine
6.0
1994
Maude
6.2
1993
Avril Espart
0.0
1993
Luce
0.0
1993
Self
0.0
1991
Mme Donnadieu
0.0
1991
Germaine et Marie-Louise
5.8
1991
La voisine
0.0
1990
Mireille Miran
3.6
1990
Isabelle Gauthier
4.9
1989
Gloria Maieul
0.0
1989
Prof. Girelli
7.0
1988
Lady with jewels
1.5
1988
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1987
Jacqueline
5.4
1986
La mère de Christian
0.0
1986
Grandma · (1 episode)
6.9
1985
Mme Argente
1.0
1984
Denise
5.0
1984
0.0
1984
Genevieve
4.7
1984
Mathilde
7.2
1983
The mother (segment "Remue-ménage")
3.7
1983
Self · (1 episode)
6.2
1982
Hélène
7.0
1980
Betty
3.5
1980
Carmen
6.0
1979
Rose
0.0
1979
0.0
1979
Mlle Chagrin
5.2
1979
Madame Lagrue · (1 episode)
6.7
1979
Madame Courdevey
0.0
1979
Valentine Vatrin
4.3
1978
Madame Aubert
4.5
1977
Helen Ashby
4.7
1976
4.0
1976
Mme. de Miran · (6 episodes)
0.0
1976
Mother
8.0
1975
Star Belladonna
0.0
1975
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1975
Self · (1 episode)
8.5
1975
Self · (1 episode)
10.0
1975
Laurence
3.1
1974
Micheline Presle
2.8
1974
Dr Delavigne
5.6
1973
Countess Claudia Osio De Blanc
5.7
1972
Aunt Amelie
5.5
1971
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1971
The Red Queen
7.2
1970
L'Antiquaire
6.8
1970
Madame de Séryeuse
5.0
1970
Self
0.0
1969
Madame Eva aka Madame Eglantine
6.9
1966
Mme de Moni
7.2
1966
Ève Lagarde · (39 episodes)
6.0
1965
Daisy
7.0
1965
Paméla Van Der Mèche
5.8
1964
Isabelle Lartois
6.6
1964
Monique Bouvier
5.3
1964
Denise Marceau
6.8
1963
0.0
1963
Angèle Brissac
3.3
1963
Josephine
3.7
1962
Germaine Stacy
5.9
1962
Annette · (1 episode)
7.6
1962
Micheline Allan
5.6
1962
Sophie Givier
4.0
1962
Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard
7.6
1962
Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
5.6
1962
Madame de Rénal
0.0
1961
La marchesa
6.0
1961
Adalgisa De Matteis
6.9
1961
Madeleine
6.3
1961
Michele
5.3
1961
Mrs. Latour
5.0
1960
Madame Latour
6.2
1960
Perle Germain-Joubert
6.3
1960
Paule
5.5
1960
Jacqueline Cousteau
6.0
1959
Régine / Simone
8.0
1959
Baroness Lena Eggersdorf
6.3
1958
Nicole
3.5
1958
Hélène Vanaux
6.0
1957
Judith Aurigault
5.4
1956
Lucrezia Cenci
6.0
1956
Madeleine Villardier
4.5
1955
Queen Hortense de Beauharnais
6.3
1955
Virginia Marchi
6.2
1954
Michèle
4.2
1954
Mrs. de Pompadour
6.8
1954
Valeria Valenzano (segment: Gli amanti)
6.4
1953
Marie Prieur
6.8
1953
Marguerite Gauthier
4.5
1953
Lea Mariotte
5.1
1951
Jeanne Martinez
5.4
1950
Paule Manet
5.9
1950
Hélène
5.0
1950
Laura Lee
6.0
1949
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
1948
Marthe Grangier
6.3
1947
Eve Charlier
6.7
1947
Élisabeth Rousset, aka "Boule de suif"
5.5
1945
Micheline Lafaurie
6.4
1945
Félicie Nanteuil
6.0
1944
Clara Biondi
5.3
1943
Micheline
6.0
1943
Françoise Pimbrache
0.0
1942
Irène
5.9
1942
Adélaïde Barbier
6.0
1941
Irène Morillon
4.5
1941
Lydia
6.4
1940
Claire Ancelot
5.0
1940
Lucie
5.3
1940
Janine Mercier / Jeannette Leblan
6.2
1939
0.0
1939
0.0
1939
Jacqueline Presle
4.5
1939
(uncredited)
1.0
1938
(uncredited)
6.0
1937