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Elegant, dark-haired Parisian Micheline Presle (billed in the U.S. as Micheline Prelle) was the daughter of a businessman whose surname was Chassagne. Taking acting classes as a teen, she was discovered by Georg Wilhelm Pabst and cast in Jeunes filles en détresse (1939) (portraying Jacqueline Presle, whose last name she chose as her own marquee name). Very early into her film career, she was awarded the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti as the "most promising young actress" in French cinema.
While Micheline proceeded to make movies during the Occupation with such offerings as Four Flights to Love (1939) (dual role), La comédie du bonheur (1940), Foolish Husbands (1941), La nuit fantastique (1942), Twilight (1944), and Paris Frills (1945), she was regarded as an important young French star in the post-war years when she appeared in the classic films Angel and Sinner (1945) and, in particular, Devil in the Flesh (1947), both gaining her world-wide notice.
After a brief post-war marriage to Michel Lefort, Micheline's second marriage to US actor-turned-producer William Marshall in 1949 led her to attempt Hollywood pictures. Receiving a 20th Century-Fox contract, none of the those pictures, which included Under My Skin (1950), American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950) and Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951), the last one produced and directed by husband Marshall, captured the hearts of American audiences despite co-starring opposite Hollywood's top male superstars stars at the time -- John Garfield, Tyrone Power and Errol Flynn.
Divorced in 1954, Micheline never truly adjusted to the Hollywood way of life and returned quite willingly to Paris with her daughter, the future actress/director Tonie Marshall. She would, however, return briefly to the US in the early 1960s to appear in the Dee/Darin comedy fluff If a Man Answers (1962) and the spy drama The Prize (1963).
The supremely talented Micheline continued to reign supreme back in Europe and appeared frequently on the stage as well. Some of her post-Hollywood films (mid-1950's on) included House of Ricordi (1954), Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954) (as Madame de Pompadour), Her Bridal Night (1956), Demoniac (1957), Mistress of the World (1960), Imperial Venus (1962) (as Napoleon's Josephine), Dark Purpose (1964), The Nun (1966), King of Hearts (1966), Donkey Skin (1970), The Legend of Frenchie King (1971), A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973), A Young Emmanuelle (1976), Démons de midi (1979), Thieves After Dark (1983), Good Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon (1986), High Finance Woman (1990), Fanfan (1993), Les Misérables (1995) and Diary of a Seducer (1996).
Into the millennium, Micheline graced a large number of French films such as Le coeur à l'ouvrage (2000), Charmant garçon (2001), Le diable dans la boîte (1977), Transfixed (2001), France Boutique (2003) (directed by daughter Tonie), Grabuge! (2005), Plein sud (2009), Just Like Brothers (2012) and her last, an unbilled part in Sex, Love & Therapy (2014).
Nominated for a supporting actress Cesar Award for her role as in the Venice Film Festival winner I Want to Go Home (1989), Micheline received an honorary César Award in 2004.- Actor
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Christian Marquand was born on 15 March 1927 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was an actor and director, known for Apocalypse Now (1979), The Longest Day (1962) and The Flight of the Phoenix (1965). He was married to Tina Aumont. He died on 22 November 2000 in Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France.- Actor
- Writer
- Director
The son of a sausage-maker, Michel Simon was conscripted into the Swiss Army at the start of World War I, but was thrown out through a combination of tuberculosis and general insubordination. He was variously a boxer, photographer, general handyman and right-wing anarchist, finally becoming a stage actor in Geneva in 1920. His reputation soon grew, and he moved to Paris in 1923, appearing in his first film in 1925 (the same year he played Boudu for the first time on stage). With the coming of sound, Simon became firmly established as one of France's outstanding character actors, doing unforgettable work for Jean Renoir (La Chienne (1931), Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)), Jean Vigo (L'Atalante (1934)) and Marcel Carné (Port of Shadows (1938), Bizarre, Bizarre (1937)). In the 1950s he worked less frequently, partly thanks to an accident involving makeup dye that paralyzed part of his body and face. Despite this, he still managed to appear in films right up to his death in 1975.- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Although his name nowadays means very little except to animation buffs (and even they have to be pretty well informed), Wladyslaw Starewicz ranks alongside Walt Disney, as one of the great animation pioneers, and his career started nearly a decade before Disney's. He became an animator by accident - fascinated by insects, he bought a camera and attempted to film them, but they kept dying under the hot lights. Stop-motion animation provided an instant (if slow) solution, and Starewicz discovered that he had a natural talent for it. He subsequently made dozens of short films, mostly featuring his trademark stop-motion puppets, but also live action films (some blending live action and animation), moving to France after the Russian Revolution to continue his career. His longest and most ambitious film was the feature-length 'Tale of the Fox', which took ten years to plan and eighteen months to shoot. Starewicz' films were virtually one-man shows (writer/director/cameraman/designer/animator), though other important contributions (in front of and behind the camera) were made by his daughters.- Actor
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Daniel Ceccaldi was born on 25 July 1927 in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France. He was an actor and writer, known for Bed & Board (1970), To Kill a Cop (1981) and Frou-Frou (1955). He died on 27 March 2003 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Georges Poujouly was born on 20 January 1940 in Garches, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He was an actor, known for Elevator to the Gallows (1958), Diabolique (1955) and Forbidden Games (1952). He died on 28 October 2000 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France.- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Antonin Artaud was born on 4 September 1896 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was an actor and writer, known for The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), Lucrezia Borgia (1935) and Napoleon (1927). He died on 4 March 1948 in Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Marcel Hanoun was born on 26 October 1929 in Tunis, Tunisia. He was a director and writer, known for L'été (1968), L'hiver (1969) and Une simple histoire (1959). He died on 29 September 2012 in Créteil, Val-de-Marne, France.- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Charles Trenet was born on 18 May 1913 in Narbonne, Aude, France. He was a composer and actor, known for Skyfall (2012), Automata (2014) and Sea of Love (1989). He died on 19 February 2001 in Créteil, Val-de-Marne, France.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
André Bazin was born on 8 April 1918 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. He was an actor and writer, known for The Kreutzer Sonata (1956), Portrait d'Henri Goetz (1947) and Le film de Bazin (2017). He was married to Janine Bazin. He died on 11 November 1958 in Nogent-sur-Marne, Seine [now Val-de-Marne], France.- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Jean Rougerie was born on 9 March 1929 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He was an actor and writer, known for A View to a Kill (1985), Les enquêtes Caméléon (1987) and The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak (1984). He died on 25 January 1998 in Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France.- Producer
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Eric Tavitian was born on 11 September 1976 in Paris, France. He was a producer, known for Barbarian (2022), Swallow (2019) and Fratricide (2005). He died on 14 April 2021 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France.- Director
- Animation Department
- Writer
Pioneering animator Emile Cohl was born Emile Eugène Jean Louis Courtet in Paris, France, in 1857. He began his career as a caricaturist, cartoonist and writer in his 20s, and in 1908 he was hired by the Gaumont film company as a writer. He soon also became a director, turning out comedies and fantasies, but animated films--which were just starting to come into their own--fascinated him and he began experimenting with them. He worked with line drawings, silhouettes and puppets, and in 1908 he turned out A Fantasy (1908), generally considered to be the first fully animated film (it consisted of 700 drawings of a character he created, "Fantoche", each separately photographed). He made more than 250 animated films between 1908 and 1923 for a variety of studios, including Eclair and Pathe.
Unfortunately, Cohl was financially ruined by the Great Depression of the early 1930s, and he died in poverty in France in 1938 after having caught pneumonia.- Marcelle Géniat was born on 10 July 1881 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. She was an actress, known for The Strange Monsieur Victor (1938), Les mystères de Paris (1935) and Le briseur de chaînes (1941). She was married to Paul Martel de la Chesnaye. She died on 27 September 1959 in L'Hay-les-Roses, Val-de-Marne, France.
- Bleuette Bernon was born on 6 June 1878 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for The Kingdom of the Fairies (1903), Bluebeard (1901) and Cinderella (1899). She died on 15 June 1937 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France.
- Roland Blanche was born on 31 December 1943 in Choisy-le-Roi, Val-de-Marne, France. He was an actor, known for La Femme Nikita (1990), Jeniec Europy (1989) and Too Beautiful for You (1989). He died on 13 September 1999 in Thiais, Val-de-Marne, France.
- Adrienne Servantie was born on 25 May 1907 in Tulle, France. She was an actress, known for My Uncle (1958), Enigme aux Folies-Bergère (1959) and Love at the Top (1974). She died on 21 March 2000 in Bry-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France.
- Anne-Marie Coffinet was born on 16 May 1933 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Les Misérables (1972), Riff Raff Girls (1959) and La caméra explore le temps (1957). She was married to François Maistre. She died on 26 March 1984 in Créteil, Val-de-Marne, France.
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- Producer
Georges Perec grew up with his uncle and aunt because his father and mother died during World War II. He stopped studying to become a writer. In 1965, he wrote his first book, Les Choses. In 1967, he became a OuLiPo member. Then he wrote La Disparition, a novel written without using the letter E (!) and Les Revenentes, a novel written without using the letters A, I, O, U (!!!) He adapted one of his novels, The Man Who Sleeps (1974) with Bernard Queysanne. He's regarded as one of the most important French writer of the 20th century.- Actor
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Jacques Penot was born in Strasbourg, Haut-Rhin, France. He is 20 when Robert Hossein discovers it. Jacques Penot was then a photographer for the magazine "Voile et voiliers". Robert Hossein decided to make him his hero at the theater in "Les Hauts de Hurlevent". Very quickly the press and the world of spectacle are racing. Jacques Penot becomes an inescapable actor. In 1983, he played under the direction of Robert Enrico in the film "Au nom de tous les miens" starring Michael York and Brigitte Fossey, based on Martin Gray's novel. The following year he was named the best male hopeful for the César. He then gave a reply to Annie Girardot, Claude Brasseur, Philippe Léotard and Bruno Crémer. In 1991, he met on the set of "Catorce Estaciones", the actress Geraldine Danon who became his companion for a few years. Television is also interested in him. He plays in the series "Sandra, princesse rebelle", "Les Cordier, juge et flic", or "Quai N ° 1". But Jacques Penot is fragile, and does not support celebrity. In 1999, he directed his last film at the "Fait d'hiver" film directed by Robert Enrico. He continued to shoot for television until 2004, when he decided to stop working as an actor to devote himself to painting and navigation. At that moment, he married Isabelle Bich, one of the children of Baron Bic, inventor of the famous black pen. The actor will share his time between Paris and Ibiza. Degraded by the premature death of his wife Isabelle Bich in 2014 and his great friend, ex-navigator Florence Arthaud, in 2015, he died of a heart attack on December 17, 2016, at the age of 57 years. However his death will be announced only a month later, by his ex-companion, Geraldine Danon.- Actress
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Florence Blot was born on 24 August 1912 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for The Tenant (1976), Au théâtre ce soir (1966) and Les mystères de Paris (1962). She died on 9 October 1994 in Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, France.- Paul Belmondo was born on 8 August 1898 in Algiers, Alger, France [now Algeria]. He was an actor, known for La sculpture et les sculpteurs (1951) and Samedi soir (1971). He was married to Sarah Madeleine Rainaud-Richard. He died on 1 January 1982 in Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France.
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Georges Vinter was born on 1 January 1879 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. He was an actor and director, known for La boucle énigmatique (1920), Nick Winter et la parure d'opale (1915) and Nick Winter et ses aventures (1921). He died on 19 July 1945 in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France.- Guy Delorme was born on 23 May 1929 in Mary-sur-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, France. He was an actor, known for The Three Musketeers: Part I - The Queen's Diamonds (1961), Les corsaires (1966) and Vengeance of the Three Musketeers (1961). He died on 26 December 2005 in Bry-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France.
- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Jean-Pierre Darras was born on 26 November 1927 in Paris, France. He was an actor and writer, known for Le braconnier de Dieu (1983), Les fourberies de Scapin (1981) and The bourgeois gentleman (1982). He was married to Corinne Lahaye and Catherine Bauche. He died on 5 July 1999 in Créteil, Val-de-Marne, France.