Micheline Presle

Personal Info

Birthday

August 22, 1922

Day of Death

2024-02-21

(101 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

Micheline Chassagne

Мишлин Николь Джулия Эмилинна Шассан

Micheline Nicole Julia Emilien Chassagne

Мишлин Пресль

Micheline Prelle

Micheline Presle

Biography

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.

Known For

Combat!

The Ray Bradbury Theater

Tales of the Unexpected

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes

The Count of Monte Cristo

Donkey Skin

Les Saintes Chéries

Filmography

2019
Danielle Darrieux : Il est poli d'être gai !
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
as Self
2013
I Will Show My Breasts
as Jeanne
Rue Mandar
as la tante
2012
Just Like Brothers
as Grandmother
Bankable
as Granny
2011
Hitler in Hollywood
as Micheline Presle
2010
Thelma, Louise et Chantal
as Huguette
2009
Going South
as La grand-mère
A Man and His Dog
as Femme
2008
A Day at the Museum
as Liliane
2007
Vous êtes de la police ?
as Jane Latour-Jackson
2005
Grabuge!
as Gisèle Lenoir
2004
Le voyageur sans bagage
as Mme Renaud
Les Anges 1943, histoire d'un film
as Self (voice)
2003
France Boutique
as Nicole
Saltimbank
as Mrs. Saltim
Anna in Corsica
as Marie
Chouchou
as La mère de Stanislas
2002
La vie au grand air
as Claire Lacombe
2001
Vertiges de l'amour
as La mère de Vincent
Tender Souls
as Juliette
Transfixed
as Violette Ancelin
Charming Fellow
as Bélise
2000
The Heart at Work
as Madeleine
Un enfant, un secret
as Marthe
1999
Bad Company
as Mamie
The Journey to Paris
as Madame Dubosc
Venus Beauty Institute
as Tante Maryse
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
as Self
1998
Grève party
as Madame Raymonde
1996
Should Not!...
as la "mère" de Bernard
A Chef in Love
as Marcelle Ichak
The Voyage of Penelope
as Hermine
Diary of a Seducer
as Diane
1995
Les Miserables
as La mère supérieure / Mother Superior
1994
Casque bleu
as Gisèle
Something Fishy
as Mrs. Loussine
1993
Fanfan
as Maude
Point d'orgue
as Avril Espart
My Name is Victor
as Luce
1991
The Other Eye
as Self
Les Disparus de Saint-Agil
as Mme Donnadieu
Epiphany Sunday
as Germaine et Marie-Louise
Seul face au crime
as Maria
1990
Après après-demain
as La voisine
Fathers' Day
as Mireille Miran
1989
I Want to Go Home
as Isabelle Gauthier
In inniger Feindschaft
as Gloria Maieul
1988
Mignon Has Left
as Prof. Girelli
Alouette, je te plumerai
as Lady with jewels
1986
Beau temps mais orageux en fin de journée
as Jacqueline
Qui trop embrasse...
as La mère de Christian
1984
Les Fausses Confidences
as Mme Argente
The Blood of Others
as Denise
Thieves After Dark
as Genevieve
1983
At the Top of the Stairs
as Mathilde
Archipelago of Love
as The mother (segment "Remue-ménage")
1980
Certaines nouvelles
as Hélène
It All Depends on Girls
as Betty
1979
Out of Whack
as Carmen
Démons de midi
as Rose
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
as Mlle Chagrin
We Forget Everything!
as Madame Courdevey
1978
Your Turn, My Turn
as Valentine Vatrin
1977
The Devil in the Box
as Madame Aubert
1976
Nea
as Helen Ashby
Don't Bite, We Love You
as Psychologist
1975
The Broken Mirror
as Mother
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
as Star Belladonna
1974
Two Big Girls in Pyjamas
as Laurence
La Gueule de l’emploi
as Micheline Presle
1973
A Slightly Pregnant Man
as Dr Delavigne
1972
Devil in the Brain
as Countess Claudia Osio De Blanc
1971
The Legend of Frenchie King
as Aunt Amelie
1970
Donkey Skin
as The Red Queen
Earth Light
as L'Antiquaire
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
as Madame de Séryeuse
1969
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
as Self
1967
The Nun
as Mme de Moni
1966
King of Hearts
as Madame Eva aka Madame Eglantine
1965
Hail! Mafia
as Daisy
1964
Les pieds nickelés
as Paméla Van Der Mèche
Male Hunt
as Isabelle Lartois
Dark Purpose
as Monique Bouvier
1963
The Prize
as Denise Marceau
The Bamboo Stroke
as Angèle Brissac
1962
Imperial Venus
as Josephine
If a Man Answers
as Germaine Stacy
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
as Micheline Allan
Law of Men
as Sophie Givier
The Seven Deadly Sins
as Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
Lust
as Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard
1961
The Red and the Black
as Madame de Rénal
Seduction Of The South
as La marchesa
The Assassin
as Adalgisa De Matteis
Five Day Lover
as Madeleine
Time Out for Love
as Michele
1960
Mistress of the World - Part II
as Mrs. Latour
Mistress of the World - Part I
as Madame Latour
The Baron of the Locks
as Perle Germain-Joubert
A Mistress for the Summer
as Paule
1959
Blind Date
as Jacqueline Cousteau
Bobosse
as Régine / Simone
1958
Christine
as Baroness Lena Eggersdorf
Women Are Talkative
as Nicole
1957
Demoniac
as Hélène Vanaux
1956
Her Bridal Night
as Judith Aurigault
Castle of the Banned Lovers
as Lucrezia Cenci
1955
Thirteen at the Table
as Madeleine Villardier
Napoleon
as Queen Hortense de Beauharnais
1954
House of Ricordi
as Virginia Marchi
Les impures
as Michèle
Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Mrs. de Pompadour
1953
It Happened in the Park
as Valeria Valenzano (segment: Gli amanti)
The Love of a Woman
as Marie Prieur
La Dame aux camélias
as Marguerite Gauthier
1951
Adventures of Captain Fabian
as Lea Mariotte
1950
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
as Jeanne Martinez
Under My Skin
as Paule Manet
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Hélène
1949
All Roads Lead to Rome
as Laura Lee
1947
Devil in the Flesh
as Marthe Grangier
The Chips Are Down
as Eve Charlier
1945
Angel and Sinner
as Élisabeth Rousset, aka "Boule de suif"
Paris Frills
as Micheline Lafaurie
1944
Twilight
as Félicie Nanteuil
1943
Secrets of a Ballerina
as Clara Biondi
Le soleil a toujours raison
as Micheline
1942
The Beautiful Adventure
as Françoise Pimbrache
Fantastic Night
as Irène
1941
Foolish Husbands
as Adélaïde Barbier
Parade in 7 Nights
as Irène Morillon
1940
Comedy of Happiness
as Lydia
The French Way
as Claire Ancelot
They Were Twelve Women
as Lucie
1939
Four Flights to Love
as Janine Mercier / Jeannette Leblan
Girls in Distress
as Jacqueline Presle
1938
I Sing
as (uncredited)
1937
The Spanking
as (uncredited)