

Acting
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...
Highest rated appearances

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 ?
as Jane Latour-Jackson

Grabuge!
as Gisèle Lenoir
Le Voyageur sans bagage
as Mme Renaud

Les Anges 1943, histoire d'un film
as Self (voice)

France Boutique
as Nicole
Saltimbank
as Mrs. Saltim

Anna in Corsica
as Marie

Chouchou
as La mère de Stanislas

La Vie au grand air
as Claire Lacombe

Vertiges de l'amour
as La mère de Vincent

Tender Souls
as Juliette

Transfixed
as Violette Ancelin

Charming Fellow
as Bélise

The Heart at Work
as Madeleine
Un enfant, un secret
as Marthe

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

Grève party
as Madame Raymonde

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

Les Miserables
as Mother Superior

Casque bleu
as Gisèle

Something Fishy
as Mrs. Loussine

Fanfan
as Maude

Point d'orgue
as Avril Espart

My Name is Victor
as Luce

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

Après après-demain
as La voisine

Fathers' Day
as Mireille Miran

I Want to Go Home
as Isabelle Gauthier

In inniger Feindschaft
as Gloria Maieul

Mignon Has Left
as Prof. Girelli

Lark, I'll Pluck You!
as Lady with jewels

Good Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon
as Jacqueline

Qui trop embrasse...
as La mère de Christian

Les Fausses Confidences
as Mme Argente

The Blood of Others
as Denise

The Dog
as Simone

Thieves After Dark
as Genevieve

At the Top of the Stairs
as Mathilde

Archipelago of Love
as The mother (segment "Remue-ménage")

Certaines nouvelles
as Hélène

It All Depends on Girls
as Betty

Out of Whack
as Carmen

Démons de midi
as Rose

S'il vous plaît... la mer ?

I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
as Mlle Chagrin

We Forget Everything!
as Madame Courdevey

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
as Psychologist

The Broken Mirror
as Mother

The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
as Star Belladonna

Two Big Girls in Pyjamas
as Laurence

La Gueule de l’emploi
as Micheline Presle

A Slightly Pregnant Man
as Dr Delavigne

Devil in the Brain
as Countess Claudia Osio De Blanc

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
as Madame de Séryeuse
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
as Self

The Nun
as Mme de Moni

King of Hearts
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

The Prize
as Denise Marceau
Teuf-teuf

The Bamboo Stroke
as Angèle Brissac

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

Lust
as Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard

The Seven Deadly Sins
as Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard (segment "La luxure")

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

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

Blind Date
as Jacqueline Cousteau

Bobosse
as Régine / Simone

Christine
as Baroness Lena Eggersdorf

Women Are Talkative
as Nicole

Demoniac
as Hélène Vanaux

Her Bridal Night
as Judith Aurigault

Castle of the Banned Lovers
as Lucrezia Cenci

Thirteen at the Table
as Madeleine Villardier

Napoleon
as Queen Hortense de Beauharnais

House of Ricordi
as Virginia Marchi

The Impure Ones
as Michèle

It Happened in the Park
as Valeria Valenzano (segment "Gli Amanti")

Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Mrs. de Pompadour

The Love of a Woman
as Marie Prieur

La Dame aux camélias
as Marguerite Gauthier

Adventures of Captain Fabian
as Lea Mariotte

American Guerrilla in the Philippines
as Jeanne Martinez

Under My Skin
as Paule Manet

The Last Days of Pompeii
as Hélène

All Roads Lead to Rome
as Laura Lee

Devil in the Flesh
as Marthe Grangier

The Chips Are Down
as Eve Charlier

Angel and Sinner
as Élisabeth Rousset, aka "Boule de suif"

Paris Frills
as Micheline Lafaurie

Twilight
as Félicie Nanteuil

Secrets of a Ballerina
as Clara Biondi

Le soleil a toujours raison
as Micheline

The Beautiful Adventure
as Françoise Pimbrache

Fantastic Night
as Irène

Foolish Husbands
as Adélaïde Barbier

Parade in 7 Nights
as Irène Morillon

Comedy of Happiness
as Lydia

The French Way
as Claire Ancelot

They Were Twelve Women
as Lucie