Micheline Presle

Known for ActingBorn 1922-08-22Died 2024-02-21Paris, France

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 encyclopediaRead more

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Les Disparus de Saint-Agil

Vous seule que j'aime

Un enfant, un secret

Seul face au crime

The Dog

Démons de midi

Midi Première

Teuf-teuf

The Beautiful Adventure

Apostrophes

Les Anges 1943, histoire d'un film

My Name is Victor

Point d'orgue

S'il vous plaît... la mer ?

The Red and the Black

Combat!

Petite peste

Le Voyageur sans bagage

Danielle Darrieux : Il est poli d'être gai !

Bobosse

The Count of Monte Cristo

At the Top of the Stairs

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Certaines nouvelles

Lust

Mignon Has Left

Hail! Mafia

Anna in Corsica

La Vie au grand air

The Journey to Paris

The Other Eye

Donkey Skin

Après après-demain

Qui trop embrasse...

The Ray Bradbury Theater

We Forget Everything!

The Nun

La Vie de Marianne

The Broken Mirror

Just Like Brothers

Les Saintes Chéries

Les Miserables

Earth Light

Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic

Champs-Elysées

Tales of the Unexpected

King of Hearts

All Roads Lead to Rome