Micheline Presle
Biography
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
Denise Marceau
The Prize
Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard
La luxure
Denise
The Blood of Others
Isabelle Lartois
La Chasse à l'homme
Baroness Lena Eggersdorf
Christine
The Red Queen
Peau d'âne
Self
Lettre à mon frère Guy Gilles, cinéaste trop tôt disparu
Paule Manet
Under My Skin
Tante Maryse
Vénus beauté (institut)
La voisine
Après après-demain
la "mère" de Bernard
Fallait pas !..
Mme Donnadieu
Les Disparus de Saint-Agil
Mme de Moni
La Religieuse
Queen Hortense de Beauharnais
Napoléon
Jacqueline Cousteau
Blind Date
Élisabeth Rousset, aka "Boule de suif"
Boule de suif
Marthe Grangier
Le Diable au corps
Jacqueline
Beau temps mais orageux en fin de journée
Marie Prieur
L'Amour d'une femme
Aunt Amelie
Les pétroleuses
Nicole
France Boutique
Clara Biondi
Un seul amour
Germaine Stacy
If a Man Answers
Michele
Les Grandes Personnes
Janine Mercier / Jeannette Leblan
Paradis perdu
La mère de Stanislas
Chouchou
Irène
La Nuit fantastique
Lady with jewels
Alouette, je te plumerai
Mother Superior
Les Misérables
Self
Der andere Blick
Gisèle
Casque bleu
Mlle Chagrin
Je te tiens, tu me tiens par la barbichette
S'il vous plaît... la mer?
Micheline Allan
Le Diable et les Dix Commandements
(uncredited)
La Fessée
Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
Les Sept Péchés capitaux
Irène Morillon
Parade en 7 nuits
Vous seule que j'aime
Françoise Pimbrache
La Belle Aventure
L'Antiquaire
Le Clair de terre
Jeanne Martinez
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
La grand-mère
Plein sud
Gisèle Lenoir
Grabuge!
Perle Germain-Joubert
Le Baron de l'écluse
Bélise
Charmant garçon
Paméla Van Der Mèche
Les pieds nickelés
Maude
Fanfan
Huguette
Thelma, Louise et Chantal
Marcelle Ichak
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Micheline Lafaurie
Falbalas
Sophie Givier
La Loi des hommes
Mamie
Mauvaises fréquentations
Dr Delavigne
L'Événement le plus important depuis que l'homme a marché sur la lune
Monique Bouvier
L'intrigo
Grandmother
Comme des frères
(uncredited)
Je chante
Lydia
La Comédie du bonheur
Lucrezia Cenci
Beatrice Cenci
Lea Mariotte
Adventures of Captain Fabian
Genevieve
Les Voleurs de la nuit
la tante
Rue Mandar
Madame Raymonde
Grève party
Madame de Rénal
Le Rouge et le Noir
Daisy
Je vous salue, mafia!
Hélène Vanaux
Les Louves
Juliette
Les Âmes câlines
Madame Latour
Herrin der Welt - Teil I
Michèle
Les impures
Helen Ashby
Néa
Félicie Nanteuil
Félicie Nanteuil
Adélaïde Barbier
Histoire de rire
Adalgisa De Matteis
L'assassino
Josephine
Venere imperiale
Laurence
Deux grandes filles dans un pyjama
Valentine Vatrin
Va voir maman, papa travaille
Jane Latour-Jackson
Vous êtes de la police ?
Marie
Anna en Corse
Femme
Un homme et son chien
Prof. Girelli
Mignon è partita
Madeleine
Le Cœur à l'ouvrage
La mère de Vincent
Vertiges de l'amour
Hélène
Certaines nouvelles
Diane
Le journal du séducteur
Betty
Tout dépend des filles...
La marchesa
I briganti italiani
Psychologist
Mords pas, on t'aime !
Carmen
Rien ne va plus
Mathilde
En haut des marches
Marguerite Gauthier
La Dame aux camélias
Madeleine
L'Amant de cinq jours
Mrs. Loussine
Pas très catholique
Mme Argente
Les Fausses Confidences
Judith Aurigault
La mariée est trop belle
Madame Courdevey
On efface tout
Madame Aubert
Le Diable dans la boîte
Madame de Séryeuse
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
Star Belladonna
Le boucher, la star et l'orpheline
Jacqueline Presle
Jeunes filles en détresse
Mrs. Latour
Herrin der Welt - Teil II
Jeanne
I Will Show My Breasts
Lucie
Elles étaient douze femmes
Nicole
Les femmes sont marrantes...
Gloria Maieul
In inniger Feindschaft
Paule
Une fille pour l'été
Mrs. de Pompadour
Si Versailles m'était conté
Luce
Je m'appelle Victor
Marthe
Un enfant, un secret
Simone
Le chien
Madame Eva aka Madame Eglantine
Le Roi de cœur
Angèle Brissac
Le coup de bambou
Laura Lee
Tous les chemins mènent à Rome
Hélène
Les Derniers Jours de Pompéi
Hermine
Le Voyage de Pénélope
Micheline Presle
HH, Hitler à Hollywood
Germaine et Marie-Louise
Le Jour des rois
Self (voice)
Les Anges 1943, histoire d'un film
Claire Ancelot
Fausse alerte
Madame Dubosc
Le Voyage à Paris
Mireille Miran
La Fête des pères
Rose
Démons de midi
Eve Charlier
Les jeux sont faits
Self (archive footage)
Danielle Darrieux : Il est poli d'être gai !
Self
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
Mme Renaud
Le voyageur sans bagage
Micheline Presle
La Gueule de l’emploi
Isabelle Gauthier
I Want to Go Home
Countess Claudia Osio De Blanc
Il diavolo nel cervello
Violette Ancelin
Mauvais genres
Valeria Valenzano (segment: Gli amanti)
Villa Borghese
Teuf-teuf
Petite peste
Micheline
Le soleil a toujours raison
Mother
Trompe l'œil
The mother (segment "Remue-ménage")
Archipel des amours
Self
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
Mrs. Saltim
Saltimbank
Virginia Marchi
Casa Ricordi
Avril Espart
Point d'orgue
Madeleine Villardier
Treize à table
Régine / Simone
Bobosse
Claire Lacombe
La vie au grand air
La mère de Christian
Qui trop embrasse...
Liliane
Musée haut, musée bas
Maria
Seul face au crime
Granny
Bankable
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
145
Gender
Female
Birthday
1922-08-22
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also Known As
Micheline Chassagne