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Micheline Presle

Micheline Presle

Actor · 1922 – 2024 · Paris, 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 encyclopedia

Movies24

  • Movie7.2

    Peau d'âne

    Donkey Skin

    1970 · 567 votes

  • Movie5.4

    Grève party

    1998 · 5 votes

  • Movie6.7

    The Prize

    1963 · 119 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Napoléon

    Napoleon

    1955 · 23 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Félicie Nanteuil

    Twilight

    1944 · 6 votes

  • Movie5.6

    Les Pétroleuses

    The Legend of Frenchie King

    1971 · 59 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Christine

    1958 · 70 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Fanfan

    1993 · 101 votes

  • Movie5.7
  • Movie7.1

    La Religieuse

    The Nun

    1967 · 107 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Les Amants de Villa Borghese

    It Happened in the Park

    1953 · 10 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Vénus beauté (institut)

    Venus Beauty Institute

    1999 · 140 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Les Sept Péchés capitaux

    The Seven Deadly Sins

    1962 · 21 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Un homme et son chien

    A Man and His Dog

    2009 · 26 votes

  • Movie6.2

    HH, Hitler à Hollywood

    Hitler in Hollywood

    2011 · 14 votes

  • Movie5.3

    Chouchou

    2003 · 475 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Si Versailles m'était conté

    Royal Affairs in Versailles

    1953 · 32 votes

  • Movie5.3

    Les Voleurs de la nuit

    Thieves After Dark

    1984 · 9 votes

  • Movie6.1

    If a Man Answers

    1962 · 29 votes

  • Movie5.7

    La mariée est trop belle

    Her Bridal Night

    1956 · 12 votes

  • Movie5.3

    The Blood of Others

    1984 · 14 votes

  • Movie5.6

    Le Diable et les Dix Commandements

    The Devil and the Ten Commandments

    1962 · 38 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Le Roi de cœur

    King of Hearts

    1966 · 86 votes

  • Movie5.5

Series18

  • TV5.7

    Sacrée soirée

    1987 · 5 votes

  • TV7.9

    Combat!

    1962 · 119 votes

  • TV6.8

    Champs-Elysées

    1982 · 9 votes

  • TV6.7

    Tales of the Unexpected

    1979 · 54 votes

  • TV3.6

    Vivement dimanche

    1998 · 9 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    1948 · 23 votes

  • TV8.5

    Apostrophes

    1975 · 4 votes

  • TV9.0

    Midi Première

    1975 · 2 votes

  • TV6.0
  • TV5.0

    Ciné regards

    1978 · 1 votes

  • TV6.0

    Samedi soir

    1971 · 1 votes

  • TV6.9

    The Ray Bradbury Theater

    1985 · 37 votes

  • TV
  • TV7.3

    Le Comte de Monte-Cristo

    The Count of Monte Cristo

    1998 · 176 votes

  • TV7.3

    H

    1998 · 80 votes

  • TV
  • TV7.0

    Les Saintes Chéries

    1965 · 2 votes

  • TV7.0

    La Vie de Marianne

    1976 · 1 votes