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