Biography
Micheline Presle (born Micheline Nicole Julia Émilienne Chassagne on 22 August 1922) is 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.
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Filmography
all 156
Movies 143
self 15
TV Shows 13
Danielle Darrieux : Il est poli d'être gai ! (2019)
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic (2018)
I Will Show My Breasts (2013)
Rue Mandar (2013)
Just Like Brothers (2012)
Hitler in Hollywood (2011)
Thelma, Louise et Chantal (2010)
Plein sud (2009)
A Man and His Dog (2009)
A Day at the Museum (2008)
Vous êtes de la police ? (2007)
Grabuge! (2005)
Le voyageur sans bagage (2004)
Les anges 1943, histoire d'un film (2004)
France Boutique (2003)
Saltimbank (2003)
Anna in Corsica (2003)
Chouchou (2003)
Jean Moulin, une affaire française (2003)
La vie au grand air (2002)
Vertiges de l'amour (2001)
Tender Souls (2001)
Transfixed (2001)
Charming Fellow (2001)
The Heart at Work (2000)
Bad Company (1999)
The Journey to Paris (1999)
Venus Beauty Institute (1999)
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon (1999)
H (1998)
Vivement dimanche (1998)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998)
Grève party (1998)
Should Not!... (1996)
A Chef in Love (1996)
The Voyage of Penelope (1996)
Diary of a Seducer (1996)
Les Miserables (1995)
Casque bleu (1994)
Something Fishy (1994)
Fanfan (1993)
Point d'orgue (1993)
My Name is Victor (1993)
The Other Eye (1991)
Les Disparus de Saint-Agil (1991)
Epiphany Sunday (1991)
Après après-demain (1990)
Fathers' Day (1990)
I Want to Go Home (1989)
In inniger Feindschaft (1989)
Mignon Has Left (1988)
Alouette, je te plumerai (1988)
Beau temps mais orageux en fin de journée (1986)
Qui trop embrasse... (1986)
The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
Les Fausses Confidences (1984)
The Dog (1984)
The Blood of Others (1984)
Thieves After Dark (1984)
At the Top of the Stairs (1983)
Archipel des amours (1983)
Champs-Elysées (1982)
Certaines nouvelles (1980)
It All Depends on Girls (1980)
Out of Whack (1979)
Démons de midi (1979)
S'il vous plaît... la mer? (1979)
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs (1979)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
On efface tout (1979)
Your Turn, My Turn (1978)
The Devil in the Box (1977)
Nea (1976)
Don't Bite, We Love You (1976)
The Broken Mirror (1975)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
Apostrophes (1975)
Midi Première (1975)
The Prey (1974)
Two Big Girls in Pyjamas (1974)
La Gueule de l’emploi (1974)
A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973)
Devil in the Brain (1972)
The Legend of Frenchie King (1971)
Samedi soir (1971)
Donkey Skin (1970)
Earth Light (1970)
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel (1970)
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon (1969)
King of Hearts (1966)
The Nun (1966)
Les Saintes Chéries (1965)
Hail! Mafia (1965)
Les Pieds nickelés (1964)
Male Hunt (1964)
Dark Purpose (1964)
The Prize (1963)
Teuf-teuf (1963)
Le Coup de bambou (1963)
Imperial Venus (1962)
If a Man Answers (1962)
Combat! (1962)
The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
La Loi des hommes (1962)
The Seven Deadly Sins (1962)
La luxure (1962)
Le Rouge et le Noir (1961)
Seduction Of The South (1961)
The Assassin (1961)
Five Day Lover (1961)
Time Out for Love (1961)
Mistress of the World - Part II (1960)
Mistress of the World - Part I (1960)
The Baron of the Locks (1960)
A Mistress for the Summer (1960)
Blind Date (1959)
Bobosse (1959)
Christine (1958)
Women Are Talkative (1958)
Demoniac (1957)
Her Bridal Night (1956)
Castle of the Banned Lovers (1956)
Thirteen at the Table (1955)
Napoleon (1955)
House of Ricordi (1954)
Les impures (1954)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
It Happened in the Park (1953)
The Love of a Woman (1953)
La dame aux camélias (1953)
Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951)
American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)
Under My Skin (1950)
The Last Days of Pompeii (1950)
All Roads Lead to Rome (1949)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Devil in the Flesh (1947)
The Chips Are Down (1947)
Angel and Sinner (1945)
The French Way (1945)
Paris Frills (1945)
Twilight (1944)
Secrets of a Ballerina (1943)
Le soleil a toujours raison (1943)
The Beautiful Adventure (1942)
Fantastic Night (1942)
Foolish Husbands (1941)
Parade in 7 Nights (1941)
Comedy of Happiness (1940)
They Were Twelve Women (1940)
Paradis perdu (1939)
Vous seule que j'aime (1939)
Petite peste (1939)
Girls in Distress (1939)
I Sing (1938)
The Spanking (1937)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1922-08-22
Deathday2024-02-21 (101 years old)
Birth NameMicheline Nicole Julia Émilienne Chassagne
Birth Place5th arrondissement of Paris, France
Height1.59-meter
RelationshipsWilliam Marshall (1950-01-01 - 1954-01-01)
ChildrenTonie Marshall
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known AsMicheline Chassagne, Мишлин Николь Джулия Эмилинна Шассан, Micheline Nicole Julia Emilien Chassagne, Мишлин Прель, Мишлин Пресль, Micheline Prelle
AwardsCommandeur des Arts et des Lettres
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