
Micheline Presle
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
162 acting credits
Acting · 162

Combat!
1962

Champs-Elysées
1982

Tales of the Unexpected
1979

Sacrée soirée
1987

Vivement dimanche
1998

Apostrophes
1975

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948

Midi Première
1975

The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
Samedi soir
1971

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
1958

H
1998

The Count of Monte Cristo
1998
Matin Bonheur
1987

Donkey Skin
1970

Christine
1958
Seul face au crime
1991

The Legend of Frenchie King
1971

Napoleon
1955

The Seven Deadly Sins
1962

Royal Affairs in Versailles
1953

The Prize
1963

The Blood of Others
1984

Les Saintes Chéries
1965

Just Like Brothers
2012

It Happened in the Park
1953

The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962

The Nun
1967

Venus Beauty Institute
1999

Les Miserables
1995

I Want to Go Home
1989

The Assassin
1961

La Vie de Marianne
1976

Don't Bite, We Love You
1976

Male Hunt
1964

Transfixed
2001

Nea
1976

Paris Frills
1945

Fanfan
1993

Chouchou
2003

Devil in the Flesh
1947

Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
2018

Bad Company
1999

Blind Date
1959

I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
1979

American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950

Imperial Venus
1962

Under My Skin
1950

France Boutique
2003

Devil in the Brain
1972

A Slightly Pregnant Man
1973

Thieves After Dark
1984

King of Hearts
1966

Earth Light
1970

Going South
2009

Lust
1962

Mignon Has Left
1988

A Man and His Dog
2009

Bankable
2012

Casque bleu
1994

Angel and Sinner
1945

Hitler in Hollywood
2011

Mistress of the World - Part II
1960

Should Not!...
1996

A Day at the Museum
2008

Women Are Talkative
1958

Vertiges de l'amour
2001

House of Ricordi
1954

Dark Purpose
1964

Twilight
1944

If a Man Answers
1962

Mistress of the World - Part I
1960

The Spanking
1937

The Baron of the Locks
1960

Demoniac
1957

Thelma, Louise et Chantal
2010

Four Flights to Love
1939

The Voyage of Penelope
1996

Fantastic Night
1942

Diary of a Seducer
1996

The Chips Are Down
1947

The Last Days of Pompeii
1950

Adventures of Captain Fabian
1951

A Chef in Love
1996

Grève party
1998

The Love of a Woman
1953

We Forget Everything!
1979

Thirteen at the Table
1955

Seduction Of The South
1961

The Other Eye
1991

Time Out for Love
1961

Her Bridal Night
1956

Grabuge!
2005

Something Fishy
1994

La Dame aux camélias
1953

The Impure Ones
1954

Your Turn, My Turn
1978

All Roads Lead to Rome
1949

Danielle Darrieux : Il est poli d'être gai !
2019

Les Pieds nickelés
1964

Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
1999

Hail! Mafia
1965

The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
1975

Castle of the Banned Lovers
1956

Vous êtes de la police ?
2007

La Gueule de l’emploi
1974

Bobosse
1959

The Broken Mirror
1975

Girls in Distress
1939

Five Day Lover
1961

Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
1970

Certaines nouvelles
1980

Comedy of Happiness
1940

Law of Men
1962

Charming Fellow
2001

Epiphany Sunday
1991

Les Fausses Confidences
1984

The Bamboo Stroke
1963

Tender Souls
2001

Démons de midi
1979
Teuf-teuf
1963
Saltimbank
2003

Two Big Girls in Pyjamas
1974

My Name is Victor
1993

La Vie au grand air
2002

Les Disparus de Saint-Agil
1991

Petite peste
1939

The Devil in the Box
1977

A Mistress for the Summer
1960
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
1969

Vous seule que j'aime
1939

Après après-demain
1990

The Beautiful Adventure
1942

Archipelago of Love
1983

At the Top of the Stairs
1983

Good Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon
1986

In inniger Feindschaft
1989

Parade in 7 Nights
1941

The Journey to Paris
1999

Les Anges 1943, histoire d'un film
2004

Rue Mandar
2013

The Heart at Work
2000

The Red and the Black
1961

Lark, I'll Pluck You!
1988

Out of Whack
1979

Le soleil a toujours raison
1943

It All Depends on Girls
1980

The French Way
1940

S'il vous plaît... la mer ?
1979

Qui trop embrasse...
1986

Fathers' Day
1990

Foolish Husbands
1941
Le Voyageur sans bagage
2004

Point d'orgue
1993

Anna in Corsica
2003

Secrets of a Ballerina
1943
I Will Show My Breasts
2013

They Were Twelve Women
1940
Un enfant, un secret
2000

I Sing
1938

The Dog
1984