Micheline Presle
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.
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Filmography (162 Appearances)
Danielle Darrieux : Il est poli d'être gai !
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
I Will Show My Breasts
Rue Mandar
Just Like Brothers
Bankable
Hitler in Hollywood
Thelma, Louise et Chantal
Going South
A Man and His Dog
A Day at the Museum
Vous êtes de la police ?
Grabuge!
Le Voyageur sans bagage
Les Anges 1943, histoire d'un film
France Boutique
Saltimbank
Anna in Corsica
Chouchou
La Vie au grand air
Vertiges de l'amour
Tender Souls
Transfixed
Charming Fellow
The Heart at Work
Un enfant, un secret
Bad Company
The Journey to Paris
Venus Beauty Institute
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
H
Vivement dimanche
The Count of Monte Cristo
Grève party
Should Not!...
A Chef in Love
The Voyage of Penelope
Diary of a Seducer
Les Miserables
Casque bleu
Something Fishy
Fanfan
Point d'orgue
My Name is Victor
The Other Eye
Les Disparus de Saint-Agil
Epiphany Sunday
Seul face au crime
Après après-demain
Fathers' Day
I Want to Go Home
In inniger Feindschaft
Mignon Has Left
Lark, I'll Pluck You!
Sacrée Soirée
Matin Bonheur
Good Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon
Qui trop embrasse...
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Les Fausses Confidences
The Blood of Others
The Dog
Thieves After Dark
At the Top of the Stairs
Archipelago of Love
Champs-Elysées
Certaines nouvelles
It All Depends on Girls
Out of Whack
Démons de midi
S'il vous plaît... la mer ?
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
Tales of the Unexpected
We Forget Everything!
Your Turn, My Turn
The Devil in the Box
Nea
Don't Bite, We Love You
La Vie de Marianne
The Broken Mirror
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Apostrophes
Midi Première
Two Big Girls in Pyjamas
La Gueule de l’emploi
A Slightly Pregnant Man
Devil in the Brain
The Legend of Frenchie King
Samedi soir
Donkey Skin
Earth Light
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
The Nun
King of Hearts
Les Saintes Chéries
Hail! Mafia
Les Pieds nickelés
Male Hunt
Dark Purpose
The Prize
Teuf-teuf
The Bamboo Stroke
Imperial Venus
If a Man Answers
Combat!
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Law of Men
The Seven Deadly Sins
Lust
The Red and the Black
Seduction Of The South
The Assassin
Five Day Lover
Time Out for Love
Mistress of the World - Part II
Mistress of the World - Part I
The Baron of the Locks
A Mistress for the Summer
Blind Date
Bobosse
Christine
Women Are Talkative
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Demoniac
Her Bridal Night
Castle of the Banned Lovers
Thirteen at the Table
Napoleon
House of Ricordi
The Impure Ones
It Happened in the Park
Royal Affairs in Versailles
The Love of a Woman
La Dame aux camélias
Adventures of Captain Fabian
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
Under My Skin
The Last Days of Pompeii
All Roads Lead to Rome
The Ed Sullivan Show
Devil in the Flesh
The Chips Are Down
Angel and Sinner
Paris Frills
Twilight
Secrets of a Ballerina
Le soleil a toujours raison
The Beautiful Adventure
Fantastic Night
Foolish Husbands
Parade in 7 Nights
Comedy of Happiness
The French Way
They Were Twelve Women
Four Flights to Love
Vous seule que j'aime
Petite peste
Girls in Distress
I Sing
The Spanking