Cast
Micheline Presle
Acting
Cast
Micheline Presle
Known for
Acting
Born
1922-08-22
From
Paris, France
Died
2024-02-21
Also known as Micheline Chassagne, Мишлин Николь Джулия Эмилинна Шассан, Micheline Nicole Julia Emilien Chassagne
Biography
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
★5.4
MOVIE1998
Grève party
as Madame Raymonde
★6.2
MOVIE2011
Hitler in Hollywood
as Micheline Presle
★6.3
MOVIE1955
Napoleon
as Queen Hortense de Beauharnais
★7.7
MOVIE1959
Bobosse
as Régine / Simone
★5.8
MOVIE1962
The Seven Deadly Sins
as Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
★7.2
MOVIE1970
Donkey Skin
as The Red Queen
★6.5
MOVIE1945
Paris Frills
as Micheline Lafaurie
★5.7
MOVIE1973
A Slightly Pregnant Man
as Dr Delavigne
★9.0
MOVIE1963
Teuf-teuf
★5.3
MOVIE2003
Chouchou
as La mère de Stanislas
★5.6
MOVIE1971
The Legend of Frenchie King
as Aunt Amelie
★6.0
MOVIE1994
Something Fishy
as Mrs. Loussine
★6.0
MOVIE1938
I Sing
as (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1953
It Happened in the Park
as Valeria Valenzano (segment "Gli Amanti")
★5.3
MOVIE2013
Rue Mandar
as la tante
★6.4
MOVIE1939
Four Flights to Love
as Janine Mercier / Jeannette Leblan
★5.9
MOVIE1940
They Were Twelve Women
as Lucie
★5.8
MOVIE1940
The French Way
as Claire Ancelot
★6.7
MOVIE1944
Twilight
as Félicie Nanteuil
★4.1
MOVIE1962
Imperial Venus
as Josephine
★7.2
MOVIE1988
Mignon Has Left
as Prof. Girelli
★4.5
MOVIE1963
The Bamboo Stroke
as Angèle Brissac
★6.7
MOVIE1963
The Prize
as Denise Marceau
★5.5
MOVIE2010
Thelma, Louise et Chantal
as Huguette
★7.3
MOVIE2004
Le Voyageur sans bagage
as Mme Renaud
★5.3
MOVIE1996
The Voyage of Penelope
as Hermine
★6.3
MOVIE1993
Fanfan
as Maude
★5.3
MOVIE1984
The Blood of Others
as Denise
★5.3
MOVIE1984
Thieves After Dark
as Genevieve
★4.4
MOVIE2001
Charming Fellow
as Bélise
★7.5
MOVIE1962
Lust
as Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard
★5.9
MOVIE1999
Venus Beauty Institute
as Tante Maryse
★5.8
MOVIE2012
Bankable
as Granny
★6.7
MOVIE1953
Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Mrs. de Pompadour
★7.1
MOVIE1967
The Nun
as Mme de Moni
★5.7
MOVIE1962
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
as Micheline Allan
★6.7
MOVIE1995
Les Miserables
as Mother Superior
★6.1
MOVIE1942
Fantastic Night
as Irène
★7.0
MOVIE1986
Qui trop embrasse...
as La mère de Christian
★6.5
MOVIE1964
Male Hunt
as Isabelle Lartois
★6.9
MOVIE1966
King of Hearts
as Madame Eva aka Madame Eglantine
★5.8
MOVIE2009
A Man and His Dog
as Femme
★7.0
MOVIE1940
Comedy of Happiness
as Lydia
★7.0
MOVIE1991
The Other Eye
as Self
★5.6
MOVIE2001
Transfixed
as Violette Ancelin
★5.5
MOVIE1984
Les Fausses Confidences
as Mme Argente
★6.5
MOVIE1960
The Baron of the Locks
as Perle Germain-Joubert
★6.2
MOVIE1947
Devil in the Flesh
as Marthe Grangier
★4.2
MOVIE2000
The Heart at Work
as Madeleine
★5.5
MOVIE1950
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
as Jeanne Martinez
★5.3
MOVIE1961
Seduction Of The South
as La marchesa
★6.4
MOVIE2018
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
as Self
★5.3
MOVIE1999
Bad Company
as Mamie
★4.5
MOVIE1978
Your Turn, My Turn
as Valentine Vatrin
★6.3
MOVIE1958
Christine
as Baroness Lena Eggersdorf
★4.8
MOVIE1996
A Chef in Love
as Marcelle Ichak
★5.8
MOVIE1961
Time Out for Love
as Michele
★5.3
MOVIE1950
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Hélène
★8.0
MOVIE1993
Point d'orgue
as Avril Espart
★6.0
MOVIE1956
Castle of the Banned Lovers
as Lucrezia Cenci
★4.5
MOVIE2008
A Day at the Museum
as Liliane
MOVIE2013
I Will Show My Breasts
as Jeanne
★6.8
MOVIE1953
The Love of a Woman
as Marie Prieur
★6.4
MOVIE1950
Under My Skin
as Paule Manet
★3.5
MOVIE1988
Lark, I'll Pluck You!
as Lady with jewels
★4.9
MOVIE2003
France Boutique
as Nicole
★5.7
MOVIE2009
Going South
as La grand-mère
★5.4
MOVIE1996
Should Not!...
as la "mère" de Bernard
MOVIE1989
In inniger Feindschaft
as Gloria Maieul
★4.0
MOVIE1983
Archipelago of Love
as The mother (segment "Remue-ménage")
★5.2
MOVIE1979
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
as Mlle Chagrin
★5.9
MOVIE1959
Blind Date
as Jacqueline Cousteau
★4.9
MOVIE1976
Nea
as Helen Ashby
★5.4
MOVIE1945
Angel and Sinner
as Élisabeth Rousset, aka "Boule de suif"
★5.0
MOVIE1955
Thirteen at the Table
as Madeleine Villardier
★5.5
MOVIE1962
Law of Men
as Sophie Givier
★5.7
MOVIE1972
Devil in the Brain
as Countess Claudia Osio De Blanc
★5.4
MOVIE1996
Diary of a Seducer
as Diane
★4.8
MOVIE1989
I Want to Go Home
as Isabelle Gauthier
★7.0
MOVIE1975
The Broken Mirror
as Mother
★6.1
MOVIE1962
If a Man Answers
as Germaine Stacy
★8.0
MOVIE1961
The Red and the Black
as Madame de Rénal
★5.8
MOVIE1956
Her Bridal Night
as Judith Aurigault
★6.9
MOVIE1970
Earth Light
as L'Antiquaire
★6.6
MOVIE2012
Just Like Brothers
as Grandmother
★7.0
MOVIE1949
All Roads Lead to Rome
as Laura Lee
★6.9
MOVIE1961
The Assassin
as Adalgisa De Matteis
★5.4
MOVIE1994
Casque bleu
as Gisèle
★6.3
MOVIE1964
Dark Purpose
as Monique Bouvier
★4.2
MOVIE1976
Don't Bite, We Love You
as Psychologist
MOVIE2007
Vous êtes de la police ?
as Jane Latour-Jackson
★6.3
MOVIE1954
House of Ricordi
as Virginia Marchi
★6.0
MOVIE1977
The Devil in the Box
as Madame Aubert
★5.0
MOVIE1960
Mistress of the World - Part II
as Mrs. Latour
★5.0
MOVIE1975
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
as Star Belladonna
★6.8
MOVIE1947
The Chips Are Down
as Eve Charlier
★7.4
MOVIE1965
Hail! Mafia
as Daisy
★5.3
MOVIE1953
La Dame aux camélias
as Marguerite Gauthier
★6.8
MOVIE1943
Le soleil a toujours raison
as Micheline
★5.0
MOVIE1980
It All Depends on Girls
as Betty
★6.2
MOVIE1937
The Spanking
as (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1943
Secrets of a Ballerina
as Clara Biondi
★6.8
MOVIE1960
Mistress of the World - Part I
as Madame Latour
★7.5
MOVIE1979
Démons de midi
as Rose
★8.0
MOVIE1979
S'il vous plaît... la mer ?
★5.7
MOVIE1941
Parade in 7 Nights
as Irène Morillon
★7.1
MOVIE2019
Danielle Darrieux : Il est poli d'être gai !
as Self (archive footage)
★8.0
MOVIE1993
My Name is Victor
as Luce
★5.0
MOVIE1958
Women Are Talkative
as Nicole
★6.3
MOVIE1960
A Mistress for the Summer
as Paule
★5.3
MOVIE1951
Adventures of Captain Fabian
as Lea Mariotte
★7.4
MOVIE1983
At the Top of the Stairs
as Mathilde
★9.0
MOVIE1942
The Beautiful Adventure
as Françoise Pimbrache
MOVIE1969
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
as Self
MOVIE1999
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
as Self
★4.3
MOVIE2001
Tender Souls
as Juliette
★4.2
MOVIE1954
The Impure Ones
as Michèle
★7.3
MOVIE1980
Certaines nouvelles
as Hélène
★7.0
MOVIE1999
The Journey to Paris
as Madame Dubosc
★7.0
MOVIE1990
Après après-demain
as La voisine
★3.5
MOVIE1974
La Gueule de l’emploi
as Micheline Presle
★6.0
MOVIE2005
Grabuge!
as Gisèle Lenoir
★5.8
MOVIE1970
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
as Madame de Séryeuse
★6.4
MOVIE1961
Five Day Lover
as Madeleine
★9.0
MOVIE1991
Seul face au crime
as Maria
★6.5
MOVIE1979
Out of Whack
as Carmen
★6.3
MOVIE1957
Demoniac
as Hélène Vanaux
★6.7
MOVIE1941
Foolish Husbands
as Adélaïde Barbier
★6.1
MOVIE2001
Vertiges de l'amour
as La mère de Vincent
★5.7
MOVIE1986
Good Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon
as Jacqueline
★6.1
MOVIE1991
Epiphany Sunday
as Germaine et Marie-Louise
★5.8
MOVIE2003
Saltimbank
as Mrs. Saltim
★8.0
MOVIE1939
Petite peste
★8.0
MOVIE2004
Les Anges 1943, histoire d'un film
as Self (voice)
★9.0
MOVIE2000
Un enfant, un secret
as Marthe
★10.0
MOVIE1991
Les Disparus de Saint-Agil
as Mme Donnadieu
★7.0
MOVIE2002
La Vie au grand air
as Claire Lacombe
★3.5
MOVIE1974
Two Big Girls in Pyjamas
as Laurence
★5.0
MOVIE1939
Girls in Distress
as Jacqueline Presle
★4.0
MOVIE1990
Fathers' Day
as Mireille Miran
★7.0
MOVIE2003
Anna in Corsica
as Marie
★7.0
MOVIE1979
We Forget Everything!
as Madame Courdevey
★9.0
MOVIE1984
The Dog
as Simone
★6.2
MOVIE1964
Les Pieds nickelés
as Paméla Van Der Mèche
★10.0
MOVIE1939