Micheline Presle
Birthday: August 22, 1922 in Paris, France
Birth Name: Micheline Nicole Julia Emilienne Chassagne
Height: 168 cm
Elegant, dark-haired Parisian Micheline Presle (billed in the U.S. as Micheline Prelle) was born on August 22, 1922, the daughter of a businessman whose surname was Chassagne. Taking acting classes as ...Show More
[on Nazi-occupied France] I detested the Germans and did my best not to see them. It wasn't an act o Show more
[on Nazi-occupied France] I detested the Germans and did my best not to see them. It wasn't an act of heroism, it wasn't active resistance, it was an attitude. I'd play cards at a friend's house or I'd meet a group of young people like myself at cafés. We'd talk, but we were careful. A very good friend of mine, Joël Le Tac, was in the resistance, but I didn't know. He'd go away for a while -only later did I learn he often traveled to London- and then he'd come back. No questions. Only when he was arrested did I understand. I managed to get some food to him at La Santé prison, then he was deported to Dechau. But he survived. Hide
[on working in film during WW2] I was making Falbalas (1945) with Jacques Becker and we'd take the m Show more
[on working in film during WW2] I was making Falbalas (1945) with Jacques Becker and we'd take the métro home in the morning. There were often members of the milice on the métro, and one in particular struck me. After the war, I found myself standing in line for something and he was in front of me. I said to him, 'I remember you very well'. He didn't reply. Hide
[about her stay at the Grand Hôtel during WW2] It was extraordinary. We'd met producers on the terr Show more
[about her stay at the Grand Hôtel during WW2] It was extraordinary. We'd met producers on the terraces, we'd go out on boats for picnics on the island. We were far from the war. And then people began to leave, the producers, most of the producers were Jewish. Hide
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