Micheline Presle
Acting • Born 1922-08-22 – Died 2024-02-21
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
Filmography
162 credits
The Prize
Movie • 1963
Denise Marceau
Lust
Movie • 1962
Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard
Male Hunt
Movie • 1964
Isabelle Lartois
The Blood of Others
Movie • 1984
Denise
Christine
Movie • 1958
Baroness Lena Eggersdorf
Donkey Skin
Movie • 1970
The Red Queen
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
Movie • 1999
Self
Under My Skin
Movie • 1950
Paule Manet
Venus Beauty Institute
Movie • 1999
Tante Maryse
Après après-demain
Movie • 1990
La voisine
Should Not!...
Movie • 1996
la "mère" de Bernard
Les Disparus de Saint-Agil
Movie • 1991
Mme Donnadieu
The Nun
Movie • 1967
Mme de Moni
Napoleon
Movie • 1955
Queen Hortense de Beauharnais
Blind Date
Movie • 1959
Jacqueline Cousteau
Angel and Sinner
Movie • 1945
Élisabeth Rousset, aka "Boule de suif"
Devil in the Flesh
Movie • 1947
Marthe Grangier
Good Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon
Movie • 1986
Jacqueline
The Love of a Woman
Movie • 1953
Marie Prieur
The Legend of Frenchie King
Movie • 1971
Aunt Amelie
France Boutique
Movie • 2003
Nicole
Secrets of a Ballerina
Movie • 1943
Clara Biondi
If a Man Answers
Movie • 1962
Germaine Stacy
Time Out for Love
Movie • 1961
Michele
Four Flights to Love
Movie • 1939
Janine Mercier / Jeannette Leblan
Chouchou
Movie • 2003
La mère de Stanislas
Fantastic Night
Movie • 1942
Irène
Lark, I'll Pluck You!
Movie • 1988
Lady with jewels
Les Miserables
Movie • 1995
Mother Superior
The Other Eye
Movie • 1991
Self
Casque bleu
Movie • 1994
Gisèle
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
Movie • 1979
Mlle Chagrin
S'il vous plaît... la mer ?
Movie • 1979
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Movie • 1962
Micheline Allan
The Spanking
Movie • 1937
(uncredited)
The Seven Deadly Sins
Movie • 1962
Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
Parade in 7 Nights
Movie • 1941
Irène Morillon
Vous seule que j'aime
Movie • 1939
The Beautiful Adventure
Movie • 1942
Françoise Pimbrache
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
Movie • 1950
Jeanne Martinez
Earth Light
Movie • 1970
L'Antiquaire
Going South
Movie • 2009
La grand-mère
Grabuge!
Movie • 2005
Gisèle Lenoir
The Baron of the Locks
Movie • 1960
Perle Germain-Joubert
Charming Fellow
Movie • 2001
Bélise
Les Pieds nickelés
Movie • 1964
Paméla Van Der Mèche
Fanfan
Movie • 1993
Maude
Thelma, Louise et Chantal
Movie • 2010
Huguette
A Chef in Love
Movie • 1996
Marcelle Ichak
Paris Frills
Movie • 1945
Micheline Lafaurie
Law of Men
Movie • 1962
Sophie Givier
Bad Company
Movie • 1999
Mamie
A Slightly Pregnant Man
Movie • 1973
Dr Delavigne
Dark Purpose
Movie • 1964
Monique Bouvier
Just Like Brothers
Movie • 2012
Grandmother
I Sing
Movie • 1938
(uncredited)
Castle of the Banned Lovers
Movie • 1956
Lucrezia Cenci
Comedy of Happiness
Movie • 1940
Lydia
Adventures of Captain Fabian
Movie • 1951
Lea Mariotte
Thieves After Dark
Movie • 1984
Genevieve
Rue Mandar
Movie • 2013
la tante
Grève party
Movie • 1998
Madame Raymonde
The Red and the Black
Movie • 1961
Madame de Rénal
Hail! Mafia
Movie • 1965
Daisy
Demoniac
Movie • 1957
Hélène Vanaux
Tender Souls
Movie • 2001
Juliette
Mistress of the World - Part I
Movie • 1960
Madame Latour
The Impure Ones
Movie • 1954
Michèle
Nea
Movie • 1976
Helen Ashby
Twilight
Movie • 1944
Félicie Nanteuil
Foolish Husbands
Movie • 1941
Adélaïde Barbier
The Assassin
Movie • 1961
Adalgisa De Matteis
Imperial Venus
Movie • 1962
Josephine
Two Big Girls in Pyjamas
Movie • 1974
Laurence
Vous êtes de la police ?
Movie • 2007
Jane Latour-Jackson
Your Turn, My Turn
Movie • 1978
Valentine Vatrin
Anna in Corsica
Movie • 2003
Marie
A Man and His Dog
Movie • 2009
Femme
Mignon Has Left
Movie • 1988
Prof. Girelli
The Heart at Work
Movie • 2000
Madeleine
Vertiges de l'amour
Movie • 2001
La mère de Vincent
Certaines nouvelles
Movie • 1980
Hélène
Diary of a Seducer
Movie • 1996
Diane
It All Depends on Girls
Movie • 1980
Betty
Seduction Of The South
Movie • 1961
La marchesa
Don't Bite, We Love You
Movie • 1976
Psychologist
Out of Whack
Movie • 1979
Carmen
At the Top of the Stairs
Movie • 1983
Mathilde
La Dame aux camélias
Movie • 1953
Marguerite Gauthier
Five Day Lover
Movie • 1961
Madeleine
Something Fishy
Movie • 1994
Mrs. Loussine
Les Fausses Confidences
Movie • 1984
Mme Argente
Her Bridal Night
Movie • 1956
Judith Aurigault
We Forget Everything!
Movie • 1979
Madame Courdevey
The Devil in the Box
Movie • 1977
Madame Aubert
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
Movie • 1970
Madame de Séryeuse
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
Movie • 1975
Star Belladonna
Girls in Distress
Movie • 1939
Jacqueline Presle
Mistress of the World - Part II
Movie • 1960
Mrs. Latour
I Will Show My Breasts
Movie • 2013
Jeanne
They Were Twelve Women
Movie • 1940
Lucie
Women Are Talkative
Movie • 1958
Nicole
In inniger Feindschaft
Movie • 1989
Gloria Maieul
A Mistress for the Summer
Movie • 1960
Paule
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Movie • 1953
Mrs. de Pompadour
My Name is Victor
Movie • 1993
Luce
Un enfant, un secret
Movie • 2000
Marthe
The Dog
Movie • 1984
Simone
King of Hearts
Movie • 1966
Madame Eva aka Madame Eglantine
The Bamboo Stroke
Movie • 1963
Angèle Brissac
All Roads Lead to Rome
Movie • 1949
Laura Lee
The Last Days of Pompeii
Movie • 1950
Hélène
The Voyage of Penelope
Movie • 1996
Hermine
Epiphany Sunday
Movie • 1991
Germaine et Marie-Louise
Hitler in Hollywood
Movie • 2011
Micheline Presle
Les Anges 1943, histoire d'un film
Movie • 2004
Self (voice)
The French Way
Movie • 1940
Claire Ancelot
The Journey to Paris
Movie • 1999
Madame Dubosc
Fathers' Day
Movie • 1990
Mireille Miran
Démons de midi
Movie • 1979
Rose
The Chips Are Down
Movie • 1947
Eve Charlier
Danielle Darrieux : Il est poli d'être gai !
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
Movie • 1969
Self
Le Voyageur sans bagage
Movie • 2004
Mme Renaud
La Gueule de l’emploi
Movie • 1974
Micheline Presle
I Want to Go Home
Movie • 1989
Isabelle Gauthier
Devil in the Brain
Movie • 1972
Countess Claudia Osio De Blanc
Transfixed
Movie • 2001
Violette Ancelin
It Happened in the Park
Movie • 1953
Valeria Valenzano (segment: Gli amanti)
Teuf-teuf
Movie • 1963
Petite peste
Movie • 1939
The Broken Mirror
Movie • 1975
Mother
Le soleil a toujours raison
Movie • 1943
Micheline
Archipelago of Love
Movie • 1983
The mother (segment "Remue-ménage")
Saltimbank
Movie • 2003
Mrs. Saltim
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
Movie • 2018
Self
House of Ricordi
Movie • 1954
Virginia Marchi
Point d'orgue
Movie • 1993
Avril Espart
Thirteen at the Table
Movie • 1955
Madeleine Villardier
Bobosse
Movie • 1959
Régine / Simone
La Vie au grand air
Movie • 2002
Claire Lacombe
Qui trop embrasse...
Movie • 1986
La mère de Christian
A Day at the Museum
Movie • 2008
Liliane
Seul face au crime
Movie • 1991
Maria
Bankable
Movie • 2012
Granny
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Madame Lagrue
Combat!
TV • 1962
Annette
The Ray Bradbury Theater
TV • 1985
Grandma
The Count of Monte Cristo
TV • 1998
Madame de Saint-Méran
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Midi Première
TV • 1975
Self
H
TV • 1998
Elle-même (l'actrice)
Les Saintes Chéries
TV • 1965
Ève Lagarde
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
Self
Apostrophes
TV • 1975
Self
Matin Bonheur
TV • 1987
Self
Samedi soir
TV • 1971
Self
Vivement dimanche
TV • 1998
Self
La Vie de Marianne
TV • 1976
Mme. de Miran
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
TV • 1958
Rachelle
Sacrée Soirée
TV • 1987
Self