Micheline Presle (; born Micheline Nicole Julia Émilienne Chassagne; 22 August 1922 – 21 February 2024) was a French actress. She was sometimes billed as Micheline Prelle. Starting her career in 1937, she starred or appeared in over 150 films appearing first in productions in her native France and also in

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during the era of

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, before returning again to Europe, especially French films from the mid-1960s until 2014.

Biography

Early life

Born in Paris on the

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on 22 August 1922, Presle wanted to be an actress from an early age. She took acting classes in her early teens. She was the daughter of Robert Chassagne, a French banker (who fled to the United States amid a finance scandal) and artist Julie Bachelier. She received early education in a convent school, but took acting classes with the Belgian actor Raymond Rouleau. She reprised the relationship by appearing with him in '' Falbalas'', a/k/a '' Paris Frills'' (1945).

Early French cinema (1937–1950)

Presle made her film debut at the age of 15 in the 1937 production of ''La Fessée''. In 1938, she was awarded the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti as the most promising young actress in

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. Her rise to European stardom, in films such as '' Devil in the Flesh'' (1947), led to offers in Hollywood. "Exquisite good looks" coupled with a "graceful transition between froth and drama" facilitated her long career, with more than 200 credited roles.

Hollywood cinema

Her role in the '' Devil in the Flesh'' led to a Hollywood career, including leading roles opposite

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and

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. That film was controversial, even being banned in Britain for years. In 1950, Presle was signed by

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, led by Darryl F. Zanuck. He promised she "could avoid "ooh-la-la" eye-candy roles" with spare time so she could make a biopic about

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, a project to which she had obtained the film rights for a biography written by Bernhardt's granddaughter. However, Hollywood's promise soon dimmed. Zanuck changed Presle's last name to Prell, thinking to his American ear that her name was a homonym for 'pretzel.' It was later changed to Prelle after a soap company brought out Prell shampoo. Her first Hollywood production was a starring role opposite

in the film '' Under My Skin'' directed by

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. That same year, director

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cast her opposite

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,

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. William Marshall had teamed up with actor

and his production company, and in 1951 he directed Flynn and her in the film '' Adventures of Captain Fabian''. Disenchanted with Hollywood, since "They gave me uninteresting parts in bad pictures," she went back to work in European film. In 1945, she married tennis player Michel Lefort. She later married William Marshall, an American actor and

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. She returned to France, divorcing Marshall in 1954. Her career flourished in French films, and in 1957, she was a guest on the American ''

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''. In 1959, she performed in the United Kingdom English-language production of ''

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'' directed by

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. She returned to Hollywood in 1962 for the role of Sandra Dee's mother in the

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film ''

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'', which also featured Dee's husband, singer

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. The following year, Presle acted again in English in '' The Prize'' starring

Return to French cinema

Presle 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

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, publicly declaring she had had an illegal abortion. She received an

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in 2004.

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, her daughter, won a César for ''

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'' in which Presle appeared.

Death

Presle died in

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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.

Filmography (selected)

A more complete list has been compiled by the

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with 133 works. p.386. , - , '' Under My Skin'' , 1950 , Cast as a cafe owner smitten by love with a jockey. , - , '' American Guerrilla in the Philippines'' , 1950 , Early

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. , - , '' Adventures of Captain Fabian'' , 1951 , It was to be produced independently with a distributor sought later. Micheline Presle was borrowed from

to play the female lead. , - , ''

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'' , 1953 , , - , '' It Happened in the Park'' , 1953 , , - , ''

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'' , 1953 , , - , '' Les Impures'' , 1954 , , - , ''

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'' , 1954 , , - , ''

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'' , 1955 , , - , '' Thirteen at the Table'' , 1955 , , - , '' Beatrice Cenci'' , 1956 , , - , '' The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful'' , 1956 , , - , '' The She-Wolves'' , 1957 , , - , '' Christine'' , 1958 , , - , ''

'' , 1959 , , - , ' ''Mistress for the Summer'' , 1960 , , - , ' ''The Baron of the Locks'' , 1960 , , - , '' Mistress of the World'' , 1960 ,

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remake of the 1919 eight-part silent film '' The Mistress of the World'' directed by

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and starring Martha Hyer and Carlos Thompson. It marked the comeback in his native country of the director William Dieterle after several decades spent in Hollywood. In West Germany, it was released in a longer version split in two parts (''Die Herrin der Welt – Teil I'' and ''Die Herrin der Welt – Teil II''). It was developed when producer

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invested in a three-hour West German-French-Italian co-production. Brauner contracted

to direct the film. The film was made with a predominantly German crew, but with a multi-national cast including Martha Hyer and Sabu from Hollywood, Carlos Thompson from Argentina and Gino Cervi from Italy, and Micheline Presle and

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from France. , - , ' , 1961 , , - , '' Five Day Lover'' , 1961 , Based on the 1959 novel ''L'amant de cinq jours'' by Françoise Parturier. The film was entered into the

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and nominated for the

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. The film was entered into the

and nominated for the

, the ceremony's highest honor. It lost the prize to

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's '' La Notte''. , - , '' The Assassin'' , 1961 , , - , '' Time Out for Love'' ''Les grandes personnes'' , 1961 , , - , '' The Italian Brigands'' , 1961 , Internationally released as ''The Italian Brigands'' and ''Seduction of the South'') is a 1962

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comedy-

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directed by

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. It was shot in Cerreto Sannita. , - , '' Le Diable et les Dix Commandements'' , 1962 , , - , ''

'' , 1962 , Opposite

. , - , '' Venere Imperiale'' ''Imperial Venus'' , 1962 , It depicts the life of

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, the sister of

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. For her performance Lollobrigida won the

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for best actress and the for the same category. , - , '' The Law of Men'' , 1962 , , - , '' The Bamboo Stroke'' , 1963 , , - , '' The Prize'' , 1963 , Amidst a

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ceremony, spy drama with

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. , - , '' Le Roi de Cœur'' ''King of Hearts'' , 1966 , Tino Balio, ''United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry'',

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, 1987 p. 279 Released in France in 1966, ''King of Hearts'' was neither successful critically nor at the box office, with only 141,035 admissions. However, it achieved

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status, when United States distribution rights were picked up by Randy Finley and Specialty Films in Seattle in 1973. It was paired with

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's '' Bambi Meets Godzilla'' and John Magnuson's '' Thank You Mask Man'' and marketed under the heading ''The King of Hearts and His Loyal Short Subjects''. It made the rounds in the mid-1970s i repertory movie theaters as well as non-theatrical college and university film series across the United States, eventually running for five years at the now defunct film house the Central Square Cinemas (2 screens) in

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. , - , ''

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'' a/k/a ''Donkey Skin'' or ''Once Upon a Time'' and ''The Magic Donkey'' , 1970 , A 1970 French

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directed by

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, based on '' Donkeyskin'', a 1695 fairy tale by

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about a king who wishes to marry his own daughter. It was highly successful in France. It is distributed on DVD in North America by Koch-Lorber Films. It is also available in

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format as part of Criterion's ''The Essential Jacques Demy'' collection. In France, the film is considered a cult classic. , - , '' The Legend of Frenchie King'' ''Petroleum Girls'' , 1971 , 1971 French,

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and

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comedy film directed by

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and starring

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and

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. The film received generally negative reviews. Bardot's performance in particular was criticised by Jean Loup Passek, who noted how uncomfortable she seemed in the film's outdoors action setting. Writing in '' Variety'' Gene Moskowitz dismissed the film as "predictable, naive and gauche" whilst Tom Milne called it "drearily unfunny". , - , '' Devil in the Brain'' , 1972 , A 1972

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, - , '' I Want to Go Home'' , 1989 , Directed by Alain Renais, and for which she received a César nomination , - , '' Fanfan'' , 1993 , , - , ''

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'' , 2000 , , - , '' A Man and His Dog'' , 2009 , , - , '' Going South'' , 2009 , , - , '' Thelma, Louise et Chantal'' , 2010 , , - , ' , 2011 , A

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Television

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, 1972), British comedy series adapted by Galton and Simpson from the novel by Gabriel Chevallier. *'' Tales of the Unexpected'' ( Anglia TV, 1984, episode "Kindly Dig Your Grave"), British anthology series.

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