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