Micheline Presle

Acting · 0.9 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

Chouchou

20035.3

They Were Twelve Women

19405.9

Napoleon

19556.3

Something Fishy

19946.0

The Prize

19636.7

Seduction Of The South

19615.3

Imperial Venus

19624.1

Christine

19586.3

The Legend of Frenchie King

19715.6

Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic

20186.4

It Happened in the Park

19536.5

The Devil and the Ten Commandments

19625.7

Twilight

19446.7

Lust

19627.5

Rue Mandar

20135.3

Paris Frills

19456.5

The French Way

19405.8

The Seven Deadly Sins

19625.8

Fanfan

19936.3

Royal Affairs in Versailles

19536.7

Teuf-teuf

19639.0

Four Flights to Love

19396.4

I Sing

19386.0

Venus Beauty Institute

19995.9

Thieves After Dark

19845.3

Bobosse

19597.7

The Blood of Others

19845.3

King of Hearts

19667.0

The Broken Mirror

19757.0

The Heart at Work

20004.2

The Bamboo Stroke

19634.5

Mignon Has Left

19887.2

The Nun

19677.1

Going South

20095.7

A Man and His Dog

20095.8

I Want to Go Home

19894.8

Thelma, Louise et Chantal

20105.5

A Slightly Pregnant Man

19735.7

Les Miserables

19956.7

The Voyage of Penelope

19965.3

Archipelago of Love

19834.0

Devil in the Flesh

19476.2

Adventures of Captain Fabian

19515.3

The Spanking

19376.2

Blind Date

19595.9

Your Turn, My Turn

19784.5

Les Fausses Confidences

19845.5

Bankable

20125.8

The Last Days of Pompeii

19505.3

Transfixed

20015.6

Her Bridal Night

19565.8

In inniger Feindschaft

1989

Should Not!...

19965.4

Nea

19764.9

House of Ricordi

19546.3

Le Voyageur sans bagage

20047.3

Don't Bite, We Love You

19764.2

The Assassin

19616.9

American Guerrilla in the Philippines

19505.5

I Will Show My Breasts

2013

Charming Fellow

20014.4

Male Hunt

19646.5

A Day at the Museum

20084.5

Dark Purpose

19646.3

A Chef in Love

19964.8

Thirteen at the Table

19555.0

The Journey to Paris

19997.0

Angel and Sinner

19455.4

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

1999

If a Man Answers

19626.1

The Chips Are Down

19476.8

Casque bleu

19945.4

All Roads Lead to Rome

19497.0

Just Like Brothers

20126.6

Diary of a Seducer

19965.4

Bad Company

19995.3

Fantastic Night

19426.1

Two Big Girls in Pyjamas

19743.5

Five Day Lover

19616.4

The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan

19755.0

The Baron of the Locks

19606.6

The Love of a Woman

19536.8

Qui trop embrasse...

19867.0

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

19795.2

Mistress of the World - Part II

19605.0

Vertiges de l'amour

20016.1

Point d'orgue

19938.0

Hail! Mafia

19657.4

My Name is Victor

19938.0

Mistress of the World - Part I

19606.8

Law of Men

19625.5

Seul face au crime

19919.0

The Other Eye

19917.0

The Devil in the Box

19776.0

Foolish Husbands

19416.7

Lark, I'll Pluck You!

19883.5

Démons de midi

19797.5

France Boutique

20034.9

Under My Skin

19506.4

Parade in 7 Nights

19415.7

Castle of the Banned Lovers

19566.0

At the Top of the Stairs

19837.4

The Red and the Black

19618.0

Time Out for Love

19615.8

Les Pieds nickelés

19646.2

Devil in the Brain

19725.7

Comedy of Happiness

19407.0

Fathers' Day

19904.0

A Mistress for the Summer

19606.3

We Forget Everything!

19797.0

Le Bal du comte d'Orgel

19705.8

S'il vous plaît... la mer ?

19798.0

Saltimbank

20035.8

Danielle Darrieux : Il est poli d'être gai !

20197.1

Demoniac

19576.3

It All Depends on Girls

19805.0

The Beautiful Adventure

19429.0

À la recherche de Jean Grémillon

1969

Vous êtes de la police ?

2007

Girls in Distress

19395.0

The Impure Ones

19544.2

Earth Light

19706.9

Grabuge!

20056.0

The Dog

19849.0

Out of Whack

19796.5

Certaines nouvelles

19807.3

Epiphany Sunday

19916.1

Le soleil a toujours raison

19436.8

Women Are Talkative

19585.0

Secrets of a Ballerina

19436.3

La Gueule de l’emploi

19743.5

La Dame aux camélias

19535.3

Après après-demain

19907.0

Un enfant, un secret

20009.0

La Vie au grand air

20027.0

Tender Souls

20014.3

Vous seule que j'aime

193910.0

Good Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon

19865.7

Petite peste

19398.0

Les Anges 1943, histoire d'un film

20048.0

Les Disparus de Saint-Agil

199110.0

Anna in Corsica

20037.0