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