Acting
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
Movies with Micheline Presle
Donkey Skin
1970
Napoleon
1955
Fanfan
1993
Grève party
1998
The French Way
1940
Christine
1958
The Legend of Frenchie King
1971
Paris Frills
1945
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950
Should Not!...
1996
The Prize
1963
Les Miserables
1995
Imperial Venus
1962
The Heart at Work
2000
Chouchou
2003
Twilight
1944
Hitler in Hollywood
2011
It Happened in the Park
1953
King of Hearts
1966
Bobosse
1959
Teuf-teuf
1963
The Blood of Others
1984
Charming Fellow
2001
Rue Mandar
2013
The Nun
1967
The Seven Deadly Sins
1962
Blind Date
1959
Lust
1962
I Sing
1938
I Want to Go Home
1989
Angel and Sinner
1945
Going South
2009
Male Hunt
1964
Seduction Of The South
1961
Mignon Has Left
1988
Venus Beauty Institute
1999
The Assassin
1961
Bankable
2012
They Were Twelve Women
1940
Don't Bite, We Love You
1976
The Bamboo Stroke
1963
Nea
1976
House of Ricordi
1954
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
2018
The Last Days of Pompeii
1950
Mistress of the World - Part II
1960
Transfixed
2001
Thieves After Dark
1984
Royal Affairs in Versailles
1953
Four Flights to Love
1939
A Man and His Dog
2009
A Slightly Pregnant Man
1973
Your Turn, My Turn
1978
Devil in the Flesh
1947
The Voyage of Penelope
1996
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
1979
Dark Purpose
1964
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962
The Broken Mirror
1975
If a Man Answers
1962
Something Fishy
1994
The Spanking
1937
Démons de midi
1979
France Boutique
2003
A Day at the Museum
2008
Point d'orgue
1993
Two Big Girls in Pyjamas
1974
Thelma, Louise et Chantal
2010
The Red and the Black
1961
Under My Skin
1950
Archipelago of Love
1983
Qui trop embrasse...
1986
The Journey to Paris
1999
Thirteen at the Table
1955
Fantastic Night
1942
Just Like Brothers
2012
Casque bleu
1994
Her Bridal Night
1956
Fathers' Day
1990
Adventures of Captain Fabian
1951
Bad Company
1999
In inniger Feindschaft
1989
Saltimbank
2003
Le Voyageur sans bagage
2004
Law of Men
1962
La Dame aux camélias
1953
Seul face au crime
1991
All Roads Lead to Rome
1949
Five Day Lover
1961
The Chips Are Down
1947
A Chef in Love
1996
The Baron of the Locks
1960
Earth Light
1970
Vertiges de l'amour
2001
Danielle Darrieux : Il est poli d'être gai !
2019
Time Out for Love
1961
La Gueule de l’emploi
1974
Demoniac
1957
Les Pieds nickelés
1964
Lark, I'll Pluck You!
1988
Girls in Distress
1939
At the Top of the Stairs
1983
Tender Souls
2001
The Beautiful Adventure
1942
Le soleil a toujours raison
1943
Diary of a Seducer
1996
Comedy of Happiness
1940
Mistress of the World - Part I
1960
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
1970
S'il vous plaît... la mer ?
1979
Hail! Mafia
1965
My Name is Victor
1993
Epiphany Sunday
1991
The Other Eye
1991
It All Depends on Girls
1980
Les Fausses Confidences
1984
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
1975
The Devil in the Box
1977
Devil in the Brain
1972
The Love of a Woman
1953
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
1969
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
1999
Vous êtes de la police ?
2007
Castle of the Banned Lovers
1956
Après après-demain
1990
The Impure Ones
1954
Grabuge!
2005
A Mistress for the Summer
1960
Parade in 7 Nights
1941
We Forget Everything!
1979
Out of Whack
1979
Secrets of a Ballerina
1943
Certaines nouvelles
1980
Women Are Talkative
1958
Foolish Husbands
1941
Un enfant, un secret
2000
Vous seule que j'aime
1939
Good Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon
1986
I Will Show My Breasts
2013
Les Disparus de Saint-Agil
1991
La Vie au grand air
2002
Anna in Corsica
2003
The Dog
1984
Les Anges 1943, histoire d'un film
2004
Petite peste
1939
TV Shows with Micheline Presle
Vivement dimanche
1998
Champs-Elysées
1982
Sacrée soirée
1987
Combat!
1962
Apostrophes
1975
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Midi Première
1975
Samedi soir
1971
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
1958
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
The Count of Monte Cristo
1998
H
1998
Matin Bonheur
1987
Les Saintes Chéries
1965
La Vie de Marianne
1976