Micheline Presle

Acting · 1.0 popularity

Age

103

Movies

145

Born: August 22, 1922 – February 21, 2024
From: Paris, France

Biography

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

Works

145 films

Grève party

19985.4

Donkey Skin

19707.2

Hitler in Hollywood

20116.2

Napoleon

19556.3

Christine

19586.3

The Prize

19636.7

Something Fishy

19946.0

Chouchou

20035.3

The Legend of Frenchie King

19715.6

Seduction Of The South

19615.3

They Were Twelve Women

19405.9

Twilight

19446.7

The Seven Deadly Sins

19625.8

Imperial Venus

19624.1

Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic

20186.4

The Devil and the Ten Commandments

19625.7

The French Way

19405.8

It Happened in the Park

19536.5

King of Hearts

19667.0

Royal Affairs in Versailles

19536.7

Mignon Has Left

19887.2

Fanfan

19936.3

Rue Mandar

20135.3

Lust

19627.5

Teuf-teuf

19639.0

Paris Frills

19456.5

I Sing

19386.0

Venus Beauty Institute

19995.9

The Nun

19677.1

Thieves After Dark

19845.3

Four Flights to Love

19396.4

Les Miserables

19956.7

Les Fausses Confidences

19845.5

Blind Date

19595.9

The Heart at Work

20004.2

Bankable

20125.8

The Bamboo Stroke

19634.5

The Blood of Others

19845.3

A Man and His Dog

20095.8

Nea

19764.9

Going South

20095.7

Thelma, Louise et Chantal

20105.5

The Broken Mirror

19757.0

The Last Days of Pompeii

19505.3

American Guerrilla in the Philippines

19505.5

The Spanking

19376.2

Bobosse

19597.7

Devil in the Flesh

19476.2

I Want to Go Home

19894.8

The Assassin

19616.9

Male Hunt

19646.5

The Voyage of Penelope

19965.3

Thirteen at the Table

19555.0

House of Ricordi

19546.3

A Slightly Pregnant Man

19735.7

Transfixed

20015.6

Should Not!...

19965.4

Charming Fellow

20014.4

Le Voyageur sans bagage

20047.3

Her Bridal Night

19565.8

All Roads Lead to Rome

19497.0

Archipelago of Love

19834.0

The Baron of the Locks

19606.6

I Will Show My Breasts

2013

Lark, I'll Pluck You!

19883.5

Fantastic Night

19426.1

Dark Purpose

19646.3

Adventures of Captain Fabian

19515.3

The Love of a Woman

19536.8

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

19795.2

Don't Bite, We Love You

19764.2

Your Turn, My Turn

19784.5

In inniger Feindschaft

1989

The Chips Are Down

19476.8

A Day at the Museum

20084.5

Just Like Brothers

20126.6

Saltimbank

20035.8

If a Man Answers

19626.1

Angel and Sinner

19455.4

Bad Company

19995.3

The Red and the Black

19618.0

Qui trop embrasse...

19867.0

France Boutique

20034.9

The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan

19755.0

Hail! Mafia

19657.4

Earth Light

19706.9

The Devil in the Box

19776.0

Five Day Lover

19616.4

Casque bleu

19945.4

Demoniac

19576.3

Parade in 7 Nights

19415.7

Time Out for Love

19615.8

A Chef in Love

19964.8

Diary of a Seducer

19965.4

S'il vous plaît... la mer ?

19798.0

Secrets of a Ballerina

19436.3

The Impure Ones

19544.2

My Name is Victor

19938.0

La Dame aux camélias

19535.3

Seul face au crime

19919.0

Mistress of the World - Part II

19605.0

The Other Eye

19917.0

Point d'orgue

19938.0

Castle of the Banned Lovers

19566.0

Epiphany Sunday

19916.1

Girls in Distress

19395.0

Devil in the Brain

19725.7

The Journey to Paris

19997.0

Les Pieds nickelés

19646.2

Vertiges de l'amour

20016.1

Tender Souls

20014.3

At the Top of the Stairs

19837.4

Démons de midi

19797.5

Foolish Husbands

19416.7

The Beautiful Adventure

19429.0

Women Are Talkative

19585.0

Mistress of the World - Part I

19606.8

A Mistress for the Summer

19606.3

Law of Men

19625.5

Two Big Girls in Pyjamas

19743.5

Good Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon

19865.7

Le Bal du comte d'Orgel

19705.8

Fathers' Day

19904.0

Le soleil a toujours raison

19436.8

À la recherche de Jean Grémillon

1969

Danielle Darrieux : Il est poli d'être gai !

20197.1

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

1999

Grabuge!

20056.0

Out of Whack

19796.5

Under My Skin

19506.4

We Forget Everything!

19797.0

Certaines nouvelles

19807.3

Comedy of Happiness

19407.0

Après après-demain

19907.0

It All Depends on Girls

19805.0

Vous êtes de la police ?

2007

The Dog

19849.0

Les Disparus de Saint-Agil

199110.0

Petite peste

19398.0

Les Anges 1943, histoire d'un film

20048.0

La Gueule de l’emploi

19743.5

Un enfant, un secret

20009.0

Vous seule que j'aime

193910.0

La Vie au grand air

20027.0

Anna in Corsica

20037.0