Micheline Presle
140 movies · 9 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 22, 1922
- Died
- Feb 21, 2024 (age 101)
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
- Also known as
- Micheline Chassagne · Мишлин Николь Джулия Эмилинна Шассан · Micheline Nicole Julia Emilien Chassagne · Мишлин Пресль
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.
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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.
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Micheline Presle: movies and TV shows
Acting (149)
- 2013 I Will Show My Breasts
as Jeanne
- 2013 Rue Mandar
as la tante
- 2012 Just Like Brothers
as Grandmother
- 2012 Bankable
as Granny
- 2011 Hitler in Hollywood
as Micheline Presle
- 2010 Thelma, Louise et Chantal
as Huguette
- 2009 Going South
as La grand-mère
- 2009 A Man and His Dog
as Femme
- 2008 A Day at the Museum
as Liliane
- 2007 Vous êtes de la police ?
as Jane Latour-Jackson
- 2005 Grabuge!
as Gisèle Lenoir
- 2004 Le Voyageur sans bagage
as Mme Renaud
- 2003 France Boutique
as Nicole
- 2003 Saltimbank
as Mrs. Saltim
- 2003 Anna in Corsica
as Marie
- 2003 Chouchou
as La mère de Stanislas
- 2002 La Vie au grand air
as Claire Lacombe
- 2001 Vertiges de l'amour
as La mère de Vincent
- 2001 Tender Souls
as Juliette
- 2001 Transfixed
as Violette Ancelin
- 2001 Charming Fellow
as Bélise
- 2000 The Heart at Work
as Madeleine
- 2000 Un enfant, un secret
as Marthe
- 1999 Bad Company
as Mamie
- 1999 The Journey to Paris
as Madame Dubosc
- 1999 Venus Beauty Institute
as Tante Maryse
- 1998
- 1998
- 1998 Grève party
as Madame Raymonde
- 1996 Should Not!...
as la "mère" de Bernard
- 1996 A Chef in Love
as Marcelle Ichak
- 1996 The Voyage of Penelope
as Hermine
- 1996 Diary of a Seducer
as Diane
- 1995 Les Miserables
as Mother Superior
- 1994 Casque bleu
as Gisèle
- 1994 Something Fishy
as Mrs. Loussine
- 1993 Fanfan
as Maude
- 1993 Point d'orgue
as Avril Espart
- 1993 My Name is Victor
as Luce
- 1991 Les Disparus de Saint-Agil
as Mme Donnadieu
- 1991 Epiphany Sunday
as Germaine et Marie-Louise
- 1990 Après après-demain
as La voisine
- 1990 Fathers' Day
as Mireille Miran
- 1990
- 1989 I Want to Go Home
as Isabelle Gauthier
- 1989 In inniger Feindschaft
as Gloria Maieul
- 1988 Mignon Has Left
as Prof. Girelli
- 1988 Lark, I'll Pluck You!
as Lady with jewels
- 1986 Good Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon
as Jacqueline
- 1986 Qui trop embrasse...
as La mère de Christian
- 1985
- 1984 Les Fausses Confidences
as Mme Argente
- 1984 The Blood of Others
as Denise
- 1984 The Dog
as Simone
- 1984 Thieves After Dark
as Genevieve
- 1983 At the Top of the Stairs
as Mathilde
- 1983 Archipelago of Love
as The mother (segment "Remue-ménage")
- 1981 L'âge d'aimer
as Tante Mathilde
- 1980 Certaines nouvelles
as Hélène
- 1980 It All Depends on Girls
as Betty
- 1979 Out of Whack
as Carmen
- 1979 Démons de midi
as Rose
- 1979
- 1979 I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
as Mlle Chagrin
- 1979
- 1979 We Forget Everything!
as Madame Courdevey
- 1978 Your Turn, My Turn
as Valentine Vatrin
- 1977 The Devil in the Box
as Madame Aubert
- 1976 Nea
as Helen Ashby
- 1976 Don't Bite, We Love You
as Psychologist
- 1976
- 1975 The Broken Mirror
as Mother
- 1975 The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
as Star Belladonna
- 1974 The Prey
as Bessie
- 1974 Two Big Girls in Pyjamas
as Laurence
- 1974 La Gueule de l’emploi
as Micheline Presle
- 1973 A Slightly Pregnant Man
as Dr Delavigne
- 1972 Devil in the Brain
as Countess Claudia Osio De Blanc
- 1971 The Legend of Frenchie King
as Aunt Amelie
- 1970 Donkey Skin
as The Red Queen
- 1970 Earth Light
as L'Antiquaire
- 1970 Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
as Madame de Séryeuse
- 1967 The Nun
as Mme de Moni
- 1966 King of Hearts
as Madame Eva aka Madame Eglantine
- 1965
- 1965 Hail! Mafia
as Daisy
- 1964 Les Pieds nickelés
as Paméla Van Der Mèche
- 1964 Male Hunt
as Isabelle Lartois
- 1964 Dark Purpose
as Monique Bouvier
- 1963 The Prize
as Denise Marceau
- 1963
- 1963 The Bamboo Stroke
as Angèle Brissac
- 1962 Imperial Venus
as Josephine
- 1962 If a Man Answers
as Germaine Stacy
- 1962
- 1962 The Devil and the Ten Commandments
as Micheline Allan
- 1962 Law of Men
as Sophie Givier
- 1962 Lust
as Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard
- 1962 The Seven Deadly Sins
as Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
- 1961 The Red and the Black
as Madame de Rénal
- 1961 Seduction Of The South
as La marchesa
- 1961 The Assassin
as Adalgisa De Matteis
- 1961 Five Day Lover
as Madeleine
- 1961 Time Out for Love
as Michele
- 1960 Mistress of the World - Part II
as Mrs. Latour
- 1960 Mistress of the World - Part I
as Madame Latour
- 1960 The Baron of the Locks
as Perle Germain-Joubert
- 1960 A Mistress for the Summer
as Paule
- 1959 Blind Date
as Jacqueline Cousteau
- 1959 Bobosse
as Régine / Simone
- 1958 Christine
as Baroness Lena Eggersdorf
- 1958 Women Are Talkative
as Nicole
- 1958
- 1957 Demoniac
as Hélène Vanaux
- 1956 Her Bridal Night
as Judith Aurigault
- 1956 Castle of the Banned Lovers
as Lucrezia Cenci
- 1955 Thirteen at the Table
as Madeleine Villardier
- 1955 Napoleon
as Queen Hortense de Beauharnais
- 1954 House of Ricordi
as Virginia Marchi
- 1954 The Impure Ones
as Michèle
- 1953 It Happened in the Park
as Valeria Valenzano (segment "Gli Amanti")
- 1953 Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Mrs. de Pompadour
- 1953 The Love of a Woman
as Marie Prieur
- 1953 La Dame aux camélias
as Marguerite Gauthier
- 1951 Adventures of Captain Fabian
as Lea Mariotte
- 1950 American Guerrilla in the Philippines
as Jeanne Martinez
- 1950 Under My Skin
as Paule Manet
- 1950 The Last Days of Pompeii
as Hélène
- 1949 All Roads Lead to Rome
as Laura Lee
- 1947 Devil in the Flesh
as Marthe Grangier
- 1947 The Chips Are Down
as Eve Charlier
- 1945 Angel and Sinner
as Élisabeth Rousset, aka "Boule de suif"
- 1945 Paris Frills
as Micheline Lafaurie
- 1944 Twilight
as Félicie Nanteuil
- 1943 Secrets of a Ballerina
as Clara Biondi
- 1943 Le soleil a toujours raison
as Micheline
- 1942 The Beautiful Adventure
as Françoise Pimbrache
- 1942 Fantastic Night
as Irène
- 1941 Foolish Husbands
as Adélaïde Barbier
- 1941 Parade in 7 Nights
as Irène Morillon
- 1940 Comedy of Happiness
as Lydia
- 1940 The French Way
as Claire Ancelot
- 1940 They Were Twelve Women
as Lucie
- 1939 Four Flights to Love
as Janine Mercier / Jeannette Leblan
- 1939
- 1939
- 1939 Girls in Distress
as Jacqueline Presle
- 1938 I Sing
as (uncredited)
- 1937 The Spanking
as (uncredited)
Talk shows and appearances (16)
- 2019
- 2018
- 2004
- 1999
- 1998 Vivement dimanche
1 episode
- 1991
- 1987 Sacrée soirée
1 episode
- 1987 Matin Bonheur
1 episode
- 1982 Champs-Elysées
1 episode
- 1978 Ciné regards
1 episode
- 1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1 episode
- 1975 Apostrophes
1 episode
- 1975 Midi Première
1 episode
- 1971 Samedi soir
1 episode
- 1969
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
1 episode