Micheline Presle
Acting
🎂 1922-08-22
Micheline Presle (born Micheline Nicole Julia Émilienne Chassagne on 22 August 1922) 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
Cast credits(162)
Madame Lagrue
1979
Annette
1962
Self
1982
Self
1975
Self
1975
Self
1998
Self
1948
Self
1987
Grandma
1985
Self
1975
Elle-même (l'actrice)
1998
Self
1971
Madame de Saint-Méran
1998
La mère supérieure / Mother Superior
1995
(uncredited)
1938
Virginia Marchi
1954
Rose
1979
Madame Raymonde
1998
Madame de Rénal
1961
La voisine
1990
Marthe
2000
Rachelle
1958
Maude
1993
The Red Queen
1970
Claire Lacombe
2002
Jacqueline Cousteau
1959
Tante Maryse
1999
Marcelle Ichak
1996
Mrs. Saltim
2003
Mamie
1999
Baroness Lena Eggersdorf
1958
Madame Courdevey
1979
Granny
2012
1963
Femme
2009
Self
1987
Micheline Lafaurie
1945
Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard
1962
Self (voice)
2004
Perle Germain-Joubert
1960
Isabelle Lartois
1964
Hermine
1996
Valeria Valenzano (segment: Gli amanti)
1953
Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
1962
Star Belladonna
1975
Huguette
2010
Juliette
2001
Jeanne Martinez
1950
Mrs. de Pompadour
1954
Denise Marceau
1963
Judith Aurigault
1956
Madame Eva aka Madame Eglantine
1966
Claire Ancelot
1940
Hélène
1980
la tante
2013
Grandmother
2012
La mère de Vincent
2001
Liliane
2008
Luce
1993
Micheline Allan
1962
Denise
1984
Régine / Simone
1959
Dr Delavigne
1973
Violette Ancelin
2001
Mme Renaud
2004
Bélise
2001
Self
1999
Marthe Grangier
1947
Mireille Miran
1990
Irène
1942
Helen Ashby
1976
Madeleine
1961
Madame Latour
1960
Mrs. Loussine
1994
Mlle Chagrin
1979
Hélène
1950
Self
2018
la "mère" de Bernard
1996
La grand-mère
2009
Genevieve
1984
Carmen
1979
Queen Hortense de Beauharnais
1955
Michele
1961
Adélaïde Barbier
1941
Monique Bouvier
1964
Eve Charlier
1947
(uncredited)
1937
Nicole
2003
1939
Mme de Moni
1967
Aunt Amelie
1971
Josephine
1962
Marguerite Gauthier
1953
Madame Aubert
1977
Avril Espart
1993
Gisèle
1994
Countess Claudia Osio De Blanc
1972
Nicole
1958
Valentine Vatrin
1978
Ève Lagarde
1965
Gloria Maieul
1989
Lydia
1940
Paule Manet
1950
Laurence
1974
Angèle Brissac
1963
Isabelle Gauthier
1989
La mère de Stanislas
2003
Micheline Presle
2011
Laura Lee
1949
Mother
1975
Prof. Girelli
1988
Diane
1996
Élisabeth Rousset, aka "Boule de suif"
1945
Maria
1991
Paule
1960
Germaine et Marie-Louise
1991
Marie
2003
Clara Biondi
1943
Mrs. Latour
1960
Madeleine
2000
Germaine Stacy
1962
Madame de Séryeuse
1970
The mother (segment "Remue-ménage")
1983
Irène Morillon
1941
Daisy
1965
Paméla Van Der Mèche
1964
Madeleine Villardier
1955
Gisèle Lenoir
2005
1939
Psychologist
1976
L'Antiquaire
1970
Micheline Presle
1974
Félicie Nanteuil
1944
Mme. de Miran
1976
Mathilde
1983
Micheline
1943
Jacqueline Presle
1939
Lady with jewels
1988
Janine Mercier / Jeannette Leblan
1939
Marie Prieur
1953
La marchesa
1961
Adalgisa De Matteis
1961
1984
Jeanne
2013
Mme Argente
1984
Self
1991
Jacqueline
1986
Betty
1980
Jane Latour-Jackson
2007
Lucrezia Cenci
1956
Lea Mariotte
1951
Madame Dubosc
1999
1979
La mère de Christian
1986
Françoise Pimbrache
1942
Self
1969
Michèle
1954
Hélène Vanaux
1957
Self (archive footage)
2019
Mme Donnadieu
1991
Sophie Givier
1962
Lucie
1940