8.0
8.0
Bobosse
1959
as Régine / Simone
Micheline Presle
Acting
Born:August 22, 1922
Died:February 21, 2024(aged 101)
Birthplace:Paris, France
N/A
CommunityBiography
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
Filmography (138 movies)
7.5
7.5
Lust
1962
as Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard
7.2
7.2
Donkey Skin
1970
as The Red Queen
7.2
7.2
At the Top of the Stairs
1983
as Mathilde
7.1
7.1
Danielle Darrieux : Il est poli d'être gai !
2019
as Self (archive footage)
7.1
7.1
Mignon Has Left
1988
as Prof. Girelli
7.1
7.1
The Nun
1967
as Mme de Moni
7.0
7.0
Hail! Mafia
1965
as Daisy
7.0
7.0
Certaines nouvelles
1980
as Hélène
7.0
7.0
Le voyageur sans bagage
2004
as Mme Renaud
6.9
6.9
Earth Light
1970
as L'Antiquaire
6.9
6.9
The Chips Are Down
1947
as Eve Charlier
6.9
6.9
King of Hearts
1966
as Madame Eva aka Madame Eglantine
6.8
6.8
The Broken Mirror
1975
as Mother
6.8
6.8
The Assassin
1961
as Adalgisa De Matteis
6.8
6.8
The Love of a Woman
1953
as Marie Prieur
6.7
6.7
The Prize
1963
as Denise Marceau
6.6
6.6
Les Miserables
1995
as La mère supérieure / Mother Superior
6.6
6.6
Just Like Brothers
2012
as Grandmother
6.5
6.5
Male Hunt
1964
as Isabelle Lartois
6.4
6.4
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
2018
as Self
6.4
6.4
It Happened in the Park
1953
as Valeria Valenzano (segment: Gli amanti)
6.4
6.4
Comedy of Happiness
1940
as Lydia
6.3
6.3
Paris Frills
1945
as Micheline Lafaurie
6.3
6.3
Fanfan
1993
as Maude
6.3
6.3
Five Day Lover
1961
as Madeleine
6.3
6.3
The Baron of the Locks
1960
as Perle Germain-Joubert
6.3
6.3
Christine
1958
as Baroness Lena Eggersdorf
6.2
6.2
Mistress of the World - Part I
1960
as Madame Latour
6.2
6.2
House of Ricordi
1954
as Virginia Marchi
6.2
6.2
Hitler in Hollywood
2011
as Micheline Presle
6.2
6.2
Four Flights to Love
1939
as Janine Mercier / Jeannette Leblan
6.2
6.2
Devil in the Flesh
1947
as Marthe Grangier
6.0
6.0
If a Man Answers
1962
as Germaine Stacy
6.0
6.0
Out of Whack
1979
as Carmen
6.0
6.0
Castle of the Banned Lovers
1956
as Lucrezia Cenci
6.0
6.0
Twilight
1944
as Félicie Nanteuil
6.0
6.0
Foolish Husbands
1941
as Adélaïde Barbier
6.0
6.0
Le soleil a toujours raison
1943
as Micheline
6.0
6.0
Demoniac
1957
as Hélène Vanaux
6.0
6.0
All Roads Lead to Rome
1949
as Laura Lee
5.9
5.9
Fantastic Night
1942
as Irène
5.9
5.9
Under My Skin
1950
as Paule Manet
5.9
5.9
Blind Date
1959
as Jacqueline Cousteau
5.8
5.8
Les pieds nickelés
1964
as Paméla Van Der Mèche
5.8
5.8
Venus Beauty Institute
1999
as Tante Maryse
5.8
5.8
Something Fishy
1994
as Mrs. Loussine
5.7
5.7
A Slightly Pregnant Man
1973
as Dr Delavigne
5.7
5.7
Going South
2009
as La grand-mère
5.6
5.6
The Seven Deadly Sins
1962
as Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
5.6
5.6
Thelma, Louise et Chantal
2010
as Huguette
5.5
5.5
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962
as Micheline Allan
5.5
5.5
A Mistress for the Summer
1960
as Paule
5.5
5.5
The Legend of Frenchie King
1971
as Aunt Amelie
5.4
5.4
Beau temps mais orageux en fin de journée
1986
as Jacqueline
5.4
5.4
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950
as Jeanne Martinez
5.3
5.3
Transfixed
2001
as Violette Ancelin
5.3
5.3
Her Bridal Night
1956
as Judith Aurigault
5.3
5.3
Dark Purpose
1964
as Monique Bouvier
5.3
5.3
Devil in the Brain
1972
as Countess Claudia Osio De Blanc
5.3
5.3
Secrets of a Ballerina
1943
as Clara Biondi
5.3
5.3
Time Out for Love
1961
as Michele
5.3
5.3
They Were Twelve Women
1940
as Lucie
5.3
5.3
Chouchou
2003
as La mère de Stanislas
5.3
5.3
Rue Mandar
2013
as la tante
5.3
5.3
Should Not!...
1996
as la "mère" de Bernard
5.3
5.3
Casque bleu
1994
as Gisèle
5.2
5.2
Diary of a Seducer
1996
as Diane
5.2
5.2
Adventures of Captain Fabian
1951
as Lea Mariotte
5.2
5.2
The Last Days of Pompeii
1950
as Hélène
5.1
5.1
Bad Company
1999
as Mamie
5.1
5.1
Angel and Sinner
1945
as Élisabeth Rousset, aka "Boule de suif"
5.1
5.1
Epiphany Sunday
1991
as Germaine et Marie-Louise
5.1
5.1
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
1979
as Mlle Chagrin
5.0
5.0
Mistress of the World - Part II
1960
as Mrs. Latour
5.0
5.0
Saltimbank
2003
as Mrs. Saltim
5.0
5.0
The French Way
1940
as Claire Ancelot
5.0
5.0
The Blood of Others
1984
as Denise
5.0
5.0
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
1970
as Madame de Séryeuse
4.8
4.8
France Boutique
2003
as Nicole
4.8
4.8
Grève party
1998
as Madame Raymonde
4.8
4.8
Vertiges de l'amour
2001
as La mère de Vincent
4.8
4.8
I Want to Go Home
1989
as Isabelle Gauthier
4.5
4.5
Girls in Distress
1939
as Jacqueline Presle
4.5
4.5
The Devil in the Box
1977
as Madame Aubert
4.5
4.5
Grabuge!
2005
as Gisèle Lenoir
4.5
4.5
Seduction Of The South
1961
as La marchesa
4.5
4.5
La Dame aux camélias
1953
as Marguerite Gauthier
4.5
4.5
Parade in 7 Nights
1941
as Irène Morillon
4.5
4.5
A Chef in Love
1996
as Marcelle Ichak
4.3
4.3
Thirteen at the Table
1955
as Madeleine Villardier
4.3
4.3
Thieves After Dark
1984
as Genevieve
4.1
4.1
The Voyage of Penelope
1996
as Hermine
4.1
4.1
Nea
1976
as Helen Ashby
4.0
4.0
Your Turn, My Turn
1978
as Valentine Vatrin
4.0
4.0
The Journey to Paris
1999
as Madame Dubosc
4.0
4.0
It All Depends on Girls
1980
as Betty
4.0
4.0
Law of Men
1962
as Sophie Givier
3.8
3.8
The Heart at Work
2000
as Madeleine
3.8
3.8
Les impures
1954
as Michèle
3.8
3.8
Les Fausses Confidences
1984
as Mme Argente
3.6
3.6
Don't Bite, We Love You
1976
as Psychologist
3.5
3.5
Women Are Talkative
1958
as Nicole
3.5
3.5
Charming Fellow
2001
as Bélise
3.3
3.3
The Bamboo Stroke
1963
as Angèle Brissac
3.3
3.3
Fathers' Day
1990
as Mireille Miran
3.3
3.3
Archipelago of Love
1983
as The mother (segment "Remue-ménage")
3.3
3.3
Imperial Venus
1962
as Josephine
3.0
3.0
Tender Souls
2001
as Juliette
2.8
2.8
Two Big Girls in Pyjamas
1974
as Laurence
2.6
2.6
La Gueule de l’emploi
1974
as Micheline Presle
1.7
1.7
Alouette, je te plumerai
1988
as Lady with jewels
1.0
1.0
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
1975
as Star Belladonna
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
1999
as Self
Vous êtes de la police ?
2007
as Jane Latour-Jackson
The Red and the Black
1961
as Madame de Rénal
Seul face au crime
1991
as Maria
I Will Show My Breasts
2013
as Jeanne
The Other Eye
1991
as Self
In inniger Feindschaft
1989
as Gloria Maieul
My Name is Victor
1993
as Luce
The Dog
1984
as Simone
Un enfant, un secret
2000
as Marthe
Point d'orgue
1993
as Avril Espart
Les Anges 1943, histoire d'un film
2004
as Self (voice)
Démons de midi
1979
as Rose
Vous seule que j'aime
1939
Petite peste
1939
La vie au grand air
2002
as Claire Lacombe
The Beautiful Adventure
1942
as Françoise Pimbrache
Qui trop embrasse...
1986
as La mère de Christian
S'il vous plaît... la mer?
1979
Après après-demain
1990
as La voisine
We Forget Everything!
1979
as Madame Courdevey
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
1969
as Self
Teuf-teuf
1963
Les Disparus de Saint-Agil
1991
as Mme Donnadieu
Anna in Corsica
2003
as Marie
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