Micheline Presle

Actor Aug 22 (died age 101) Paris, France 1937–2019 (82 year career)

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Biography

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 awar…

Known For

Film

Donkey Skin

The Red Queen

Film

The Count of Monte Cristo

Madame de Saint-Méran

Film

Just Like Brothers

Grandmother

Film

The Nun

Mme de Moni

Film

Chouchou

La mère de Stanislas

Film

The Prize

Denise Marceau

Film

King of Hearts

Madame Eva aka Madame Eglantine

Film

The Assassin

Adalgisa De Matteis

Filmography

Acting (162)

Movies (145)

Danielle Darrieux : Il est poli d'être gai !

2019

as Self (archive footage)

7.1

Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic

as Self

Rue Mandar

as la tante

I Will Show My Breasts

2013

as Jeanne

Bankable

as Granny

Just Like Brothers

as Grandmother

Hitler in Hollywood

as Micheline Presle

Thelma, Louise et Chantal

as Huguette

Going South

as La grand-mère

A Man and His Dog

as Femme

A Day at the Museum

as Liliane

Vous êtes de la police ?

2007

as Jane Latour-Jackson

Grabuge!

2005

as Gisèle Lenoir

4.5

Le Voyageur sans bagage

2004

as Mme Renaud

7.0

Les Anges 1943, histoire d'un film

2004

as Self (voice)

Chouchou

2003

as La mère de Stanislas

Saltimbank

as Mrs. Saltim

Anna in Corsica

as Marie

France Boutique

2003

as Nicole

4.8

La Vie au grand air

2002

as Claire Lacombe

Tender Souls

as Juliette

Charming Fellow

as Bélise

Transfixed

as Violette Ancelin

Vertiges de l'amour

as La mère de Vincent

The Heart at Work

as Madeleine

Un enfant, un secret

as Marthe

The Journey to Paris

1999

as Madame Dubosc

4.0

Venus Beauty Institute

as Tante Maryse

Bad Company

as Mamie

Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon

1999

as Self

Grève party

as Madame Raymonde

Diary of a Seducer

as Diane

The Voyage of Penelope

1996

as Hermine

4.1

Should Not!...

1996

as la "mère" de Bernard

A Chef in Love

as Marcelle Ichak

Les Miserables

as Mother Superior

Casque bleu

as Gisèle

Something Fishy

as Mrs. Loussine

Fanfan

as Maude

My Name is Victor

as Luce

Point d'orgue

1993

as Avril Espart

Les Disparus de Saint-Agil

1991

as Mme Donnadieu

Epiphany Sunday

1991

as Germaine et Marie-Louise

5.1

The Other Eye

1991

as Self

Seul face au crime

1991

as Maria

Après après-demain

1990

as La voisine

Fathers' Day

as Mireille Miran

I Want to Go Home

as Isabelle Gauthier

In inniger Feindschaft

1989

as Gloria Maieul

Lark, I'll Pluck You!

as Lady with jewels

Mignon Has Left

as Prof. Girelli

Good Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon

1986

as Jacqueline

5.4

Qui trop embrasse...

1986

as La mère de Christian

The Dog

1984

as Simone

The Blood of Others

1984

as Denise

5.0

Les Fausses Confidences

as Mme Argente

Thieves After Dark

as Genevieve

Archipelago of Love

as The mother (segment "Remue-ménage")

3.3

At the Top of the Stairs

1983

as Mathilde

7.2

It All Depends on Girls

as Betty

Certaines nouvelles

as Hélène

Out of Whack

as Carmen

We Forget Everything!

1979

as Madame Courdevey

I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs

1979

as Mlle Chagrin

5.1

Démons de midi

1979

as Rose

S'il vous plaît... la mer ?

Your Turn, My Turn

as Valentine Vatrin

The Devil in the Box

as Madame Aubert

Nea

as Helen Ashby

Don't Bite, We Love You

1976

as Psychologist

3.6

The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan

as Star Belladonna

The Broken Mirror

as Mother

La Gueule de l’emploi

1974

as Micheline Presle

2.6

Two Big Girls in Pyjamas

1974

as Laurence

2.8

A Slightly Pregnant Man

1973

as Dr Delavigne

5.7

Devil in the Brain

1972

as Countess Claudia Osio De Blanc

5.3

The Legend of Frenchie King

as Aunt Amelie

Donkey Skin

as The Red Queen

Earth Light

as L'Antiquaire

Le Bal du comte d'Orgel

1970

as Madame de Séryeuse

5.0

À la recherche de Jean Grémillon

1969

as Self

The Nun

1967

as Mme de Moni

7.1

King of Hearts

1966

as Madame Eva aka Madame Eglantine

Hail! Mafia

as Daisy

Les pieds nickelés

as Paméla Van Der Mèche

Male Hunt

as Isabelle Lartois

Dark Purpose

as Monique Bouvier

Teuf-teuf

The Prize

as Denise Marceau

The Bamboo Stroke

as Angèle Brissac

The Devil and the Ten Commandments

1962

as Micheline Allan

5.5

The Seven Deadly Sins

1962

as Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard (segment "La luxure")

5.7

Lust

1962

as Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard

Imperial Venus

as Josephine

If a Man Answers

as Germaine Stacy

Law of Men

as Sophie Givier

The Red and the Black

1961

as Madame de Rénal

The Assassin

1961

as Adalgisa De Matteis

Time Out for Love

as Michele

Five Day Lover

as Madeleine

Seduction Of The South

1961

as La marchesa

4.5

Mistress of the World - Part I

1960

as Madame Latour

6.2

The Baron of the Locks

1960

as Perle Germain-Joubert

6.3

Mistress of the World - Part II

1960

as Mrs. Latour

5.0

A Mistress for the Summer

1960

as Paule

5.5

Blind Date

1959

as Jacqueline Cousteau

Bobosse

as Régine / Simone

Christine

as Baroness Lena Eggersdorf

Women Are Talkative

as Nicole

Demoniac

as Hélène Vanaux

Castle of the Banned Lovers

as Lucrezia Cenci

Her Bridal Night

as Judith Aurigault

Napoleon

as Queen Hortense de Beauharnais

6.3

Thirteen at the Table

1955

as Madeleine Villardier

House of Ricordi

as Virginia Marchi

The Impure Ones

as Michèle

Royal Affairs in Versailles

as Mrs. de Pompadour

The Love of a Woman

as Marie Prieur

It Happened in the Park

1953

as Valeria Valenzano (segment: Gli amanti)

6.4

La Dame aux camélias

1953

as Marguerite Gauthier

4.5

Adventures of Captain Fabian

as Lea Mariotte

Under My Skin

as Paule Manet

American Guerrilla in the Philippines

1950

as Jeanne Martinez

5.4

The Last Days of Pompeii

1950

as Hélène

5.1

All Roads Lead to Rome

as Laura Lee

The Chips Are Down

as Eve Charlier

Devil in the Flesh

as Marthe Grangier

Paris Frills

as Micheline Lafaurie

6.3

Angel and Sinner

1945

as Élisabeth Rousset, aka "Boule de suif"

5.1

Twilight

1944

as Félicie Nanteuil

6.0

Secrets of a Ballerina

1943

as Clara Biondi

5.3

Le soleil a toujours raison

1943

as Micheline

6.0

The Beautiful Adventure

1942

as Françoise Pimbrache

Fantastic Night

as Irène

Foolish Husbands

as Adélaïde Barbier

Parade in 7 Nights

as Irène Morillon

The French Way

as Claire Ancelot

They Were Twelve Women

as Lucie

Comedy of Happiness

as Lydia

Vous seule que j'aime

Girls in Distress

as Jacqueline Presle

Petite peste

Four Flights to Love

as Janine Mercier / Jeannette Leblan

I Sing

as (uncredited)

The Spanking

as (uncredited)

Television (17)

1998

as Elle-même (l'actrice)

7.1

Vivement dimanche

1998

as Self

3.0

The Count of Monte Cristo

1998

as Madame de Saint-Méran

Sacrée Soirée

as Self

Matin Bonheur

as Self

The Ray Bradbury Theater

as Grandma

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

as Madame Lagrue

6.7

La Vie de Marianne

1976

as Mme. de Miran

Midi Première

as Self

Apostrophes

as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

Samedi soir

as Self

Les Saintes Chéries

as Ève Lagarde

Combat!

as Annette

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes

1958

as Rachelle

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

as Self

6.8