Micheline Presle
Acting
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
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as Self (archive footage)
Age 96 (now 101)
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
as Self
Age 96 (now 101)
Les Anges 1943, histoire d'un film
as Self (voice)
Age 82 (now 101)
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
as Self
Age 76 (now 101)
Good Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon
as Jacqueline
Age 64 (now 101)
Archipelago of Love
as The mother (segment "Remue-ménage")
Age 60 (now 101)
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
as Mlle Chagrin
Age 56 (now 101)
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
as Star Belladonna
Age 52 (now 101)
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
as Micheline Allan
Age 40 (now 101)
The Seven Deadly Sins
as Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
Age 39 (now 101)
Mistress of the World - Part II
as Mrs. Latour
Age 37 (now 101)
Mistress of the World - Part I
as Madame Latour
Age 37 (now 101)
It Happened in the Park
as Valeria Valenzano (segment "Gli Amanti")
Age 31 (now 101)
Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Mrs. de Pompadour
Age 31 (now 101)
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
as Jeanne Martinez
Age 28 (now 101)
Angel and Sinner
as Élisabeth Rousset, aka "Boule de suif"
Age 23 (now 101)
Four Flights to Love
as Janine Mercier / Jeannette Leblan
Age 17 (now 101)
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Madame de Saint-Méran
Age 76 (now 101)
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Also Known As
Micheline Chassagne, Мишлин Николь Джулия Эмилинна Шассан, Micheline Nicole Julia Emilien Chassagne, Мишлин Пресль, Micheline Prelle
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