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