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Micheline Presle
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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. Startin…
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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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2019
Danielle Darrieux : Il est poli d'être gai !
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2018
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
Movie Self
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2013
I Will Show My Breasts
Movie Jeanne
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2013
Rue Mandar
Movie la tante
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2012
Just Like Brothers
Movie Grandmother
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2012
Bankable
Movie Granny
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2011
Hitler in Hollywood
Movie Micheline Presle
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2010
Thelma, Louise et Chantal
Movie Huguette
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2009
Going South
Movie La grand-mère
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2009
A Man and His Dog
Movie Femme
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2008
A Day at the Museum
Movie Liliane
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2007
Vous êtes de la police ?
Movie Jane Latour-Jackson
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2005
Grabuge!
Movie Gisèle Lenoir
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2004
Le Voyageur sans bagage
Movie Mme Renaud
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2004
Les Anges 1943, histoire d'un film
Movie Self (voice)
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2003
France Boutique
Movie Nicole
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2003
Saltimbank
Movie Mrs. Saltim
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2003
Anna in Corsica
Movie Marie
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2003
Chouchou
Movie La mère de Stanislas
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2002
La Vie au grand air
Movie Claire Lacombe
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2001
Vertiges de l'amour
Movie La mère de Vincent
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2001
Tender Souls
Movie Juliette
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2001
Transfixed
Movie Violette Ancelin
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2001
Charming Fellow
Movie Bélise
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2000
The Heart at Work
Movie Madeleine
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2000
Un enfant, un secret
Movie Marthe
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1999
Bad Company
Movie Mamie
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1999
The Journey to Paris
Movie Madame Dubosc
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1999
Venus Beauty Institute
Movie Tante Maryse
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1998
H
TV show Elle-même (l'actrice)
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1998
Vivement dimanche
TV show Self
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1998
The Count of Monte Cristo
TV show Madame de Saint-Méran
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1998
Grève party
Movie Madame Raymonde
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1996
Should Not!...
Movie la "mère" de Bernard
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1996
A Chef in Love
Movie Marcelle Ichak
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1996
The Voyage of Penelope
Movie Hermine
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1996
Diary of a Seducer
Movie Diane
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1995
Les Miserables
Movie Mother Superior
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1994
Casque bleu
Movie Gisèle
