Micheline Presle obit

Actress Micheline Presle, doyenne of French cinema, died at the age of 101

 

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She began her career in cinema in the 1930s, before working with the biggest names in French cinema, including her own daughter, Tonie Marshall.

She was the doyenne of French cinema. The actress Micheline Presle died on Wednesday February 21, at the age of 101, her family announced to AFP. “Micheline passed away peacefully, at the National House of Artists in Nogent-sur-Marne” in Val-de-Marne, declared his son-in-law, Olivier Bomsel, adding that the funeral would take place in privacy.

Over the course of nearly 70 years of career, Micheline Presle has filmed with the big names of French cinema, from Jacques Demy to Alain Resnais, Claude Chabrol, Patrick Chesnais and even Edouard Molinaro and Sacha Guitry. She also starred in two films directed by her daughter, Tonie Marshall: Venus Beauty (Institute) (1999), France Shop (2003).

PAlongside the cinema, his career also took place on the stage as well as on the small screen, where his character in the television series The darling saints (1965-1971) established his popular success in the hearts of the French.

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 was married for foru years to American band leader William Marshall.

Filmography (selected)

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Title      Year            References/Note

Girls in Distress            1939   

They Were Twelve Women            1940   

Paradise Lost            1940   

Comedy of Happiness            1940   

Ecco la felicità            1940   

They Were Twelve Women            1940   

Parade en 7 nuits     1941   

Foolish Husbands            1941   

La Nuit fantastique            1942   

The Beautiful Adventure            1942   

Le soleil a toujours raison            1943   

Un seul amour            1943   

Paris Frills            1945   

Twilight            1945   

Fausse alerte            1945   

Boule de suif            1945   

Les jeux sont faits      1946   

Devil in the Flesh    1947   

All Roads Lead to Rome            1949   

The Last Days of Pompeii            1950   

Under My Skin            1950   

American Guerrilla in the Philippines            1950   

Adventures of Captain Fabian            1951   

The Lady of the Camellias            1953   

It Happened in the Park            1953   

The Love of a Woman            1953   

Les Impures            1954   

House of Ricordi 1954   

Napoléon            1955   

Thirteen at the Table    1955   

Beatrice Cenci            1956   

The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful            1956   

Christine            1958   

Blind Date            1959   

Une fille pour l'été [fr]            1960   

Le Baron de l'écluse [fr]            1960   

Mistress of the World  1960   

Les Grandes Personnes [fr]            1961   

Five Day Lover            1961   

The Assassin            1961   

Time Out for Love    1961   

The Italian Brigands            1961   

Le Diable et les Dix Commandements          1962   

If a Man Answers            1962   

Venere Imperiale            1962   

The Law of Men     1962   

Combat! Just For the Record            1962   

The Bamboo Stroke  1963   

The Prize            1963   

Dark Purpose            1964   

Male Hunt            1964   

Je vous salue, mafia!   1965   

Le Roi de Cœur    1966   

Peau d'Âne            1970   

The Legend of Frenchie King            1971   

Devil in the Brain    1972   

Clochemerle            1972   

Thieves After Dark    1984   

Fanfan  1993   

Les Misérables            1995   

Le coeur à l'ouvrage            2000   

Chouchou            2003

Vous êtes de la police ?            2007   

Musée haut, musée bas            2008   

A Man and His Dog      2009   

Going South            2009   

Thelma, Louise et Chantal            2010   

Hitler in Hollywood            2011