Micheline Presle
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
162
Gender
Female
Birthday
1922-08-22
Day of death
2024-02-21 (101 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
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
Midi Première
Champs-Elysées
Vivement dimanche
Sacrée Soirée
Apostrophes
Tales of the Unexpected
Combat!
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
The Ed Sullivan Show
Samedi soir
The Ray Bradbury Theater
The Baron of the Locks
A Day at the Museum
H
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Hitler in Hollywood
Le soleil a toujours raison
Charming Fellow
Bad Company
Dark Purpose
The Dog
The Blood of Others
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Beautiful Adventure
House of Ricordi
Matin Bonheur
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
It Happened in the Park
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
Saltimbank
Seul face au crime
The Nun
Les pieds nickelés
Les impures
Hail! Mafia
Angel and Sinner
Girls in Distress
Les Miserables
The Spanking
Les Anges 1943, histoire d'un film
Five Day Lover
Earth Light
Anna in Corsica
The Prize
King of Hearts
Napoleon
In inniger Feindschaft
The Chips Are Down
Epiphany Sunday
Petite peste
Certaines nouvelles
Donkey Skin
Foolish Husbands
Demoniac
A Chef in Love
Blind Date
Castle of the Banned Lovers
Après après-demain
Christine
Devil in the Flesh
A Man and His Dog
Thelma, Louise et Chantal
I Want to Go Home
Parade in 7 Nights
Law of Men
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
France Boutique
The Seven Deadly Sins
My Name is Victor
La Dame aux camélias
Time Out for Love
Mignon Has Left
Lust
Archipelago of Love
Un enfant, un secret
It All Depends on Girls
Fanfan
The Legend of Frenchie King
The Assassin
A Slightly Pregnant Man
Chouchou
Transfixed
At the Top of the Stairs
Going South
Adventures of Captain Fabian
Male Hunt
Her Bridal Night
Venus Beauty Institute
Nea
Just Like Brothers
We Forget Everything!
Paris Frills
Grève party
Something Fishy
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
Les Saintes Chéries
Imperial Venus
Under My Skin
Devil in the Brain
Mistress of the World - Part II
Qui trop embrasse...
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Bankable
La Vie de Marianne
If a Man Answers
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
Vous êtes de la police ?
Mistress of the World - Part I
Diary of a Seducer
The Red and the Black
Thieves After Dark
Royal Affairs in Versailles
The Love of a Woman
La Gueule de l’emploi
Rue Mandar
Your Turn, My Turn
Les Disparus de Saint-Agil
Le voyageur sans bagage
La vie au grand air
The French Way
I Sing
Comedy of Happiness
Seduction Of The South
Twilight
Secrets of a Ballerina
Should Not!...
They Were Twelve Women
All Roads Lead to Rome
The Heart at Work
Four Flights to Love
Bobosse
Teuf-teuf
The Voyage of Penelope
Les Fausses Confidences
Thirteen at the Table
The Broken Mirror
Fantastic Night
Vous seule que j'aime
Point d'orgue
A Mistress for the Summer
Beau temps mais orageux en fin de journée
Danielle Darrieux : Il est poli d'être gai !
Vertiges de l'amour
Out of Whack
Casque bleu
Don't Bite, We Love You
The Journey to Paris
The Devil in the Box
Fathers' Day
Démons de midi
The Bamboo Stroke
Grabuge!
The Other Eye
The Last Days of Pompeii
S'il vous plaît... la mer?
Two Big Girls in Pyjamas
Alouette, je te plumerai
Women Are Talkative
Tender Souls
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
I Will Show My Breasts
