Gisèle Préville Explained

Gisèle Préville
Birth Date:	1918 12, df=yes
Birth Place:	Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Death Place:	Villiers-le-Bel, Val d'Oise, France
Occupation:	Actress
Yearsactive:	1936-1987 (film)

Gisèle Préville (1918–2006) was a French film actress and beauty contestant.^[1] She entered the film industry after being crowned Miss Paris in 1934 and Miss France in 1935.^[2] While she mainly featured in French films, she also starred in the British films Against the Wind (1948) and The Dancing Years (1950).^[3]

Partial filmography

• Adventure in Paris (1936) - Solange Surnisse
• Beethoven's Great Love (1936) - (uncredited)
• White Cargo (1937) - Béatrice Blanco
• Trois artilleurs au pensionnat (1937)
• Prison sans barreaux (1938) - Alice
• Trois artilleurs en vadrouille (1938) - Monique Chabert
• Mother Love (1938) - La jeune fille
• Cocoanut (1939) - Nathalie
• Nightclub Hostess (1939) - Lucienne Noblet
• Paris-New York (1940) - Jane Billingham
• Melody for You (1942) - Irène Daniel
• Two Timid Souls (1943) - Cécile Vancouver
• Vautrin (1943) - Madame de Maufrigneuse
• Trente et quarante (1946) - Aurélia
• The Adventures of Casanova (1947) - Esther Van Hope
• Counter Investigation (1947) - Odette Marchal
• Mirror (1947) - Anna Lussac
• Criminal Brigade (1947) - Christine
• Against the Wind (1948) - Julie
• Return to Life (1949) - Lilian (segment 2 : "Le retour d'Antoine")
• The Dancing Years (1950) - Maria Zeidler
• The Turkey (1951) - Maguy Pacarel
• Les mousquetaires du roi (1951)
• It Happened All Night (1960) - Madame Lenormand
• The President (1961)
• Five Miles to Midnight (1962) - Mrs. Harrington
• A Time for Loving (1972) - Amie Isadore (uncredited)
• The Witness (1978) - Louise Maurisson
• Docteur Jekyll et les femmes (1981) - Dr. Jekyll's mother
• Nuit docile (1987) - L'amie de Simone Dubois (final film role)

Bibliography

• Hayward, Susan. Simone Signoret: The Star as Cultural Sign. Continuum, 2004.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gisèle Préville. https://web.archive.org/web/20180104122452/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba38e4079. dead. January 4, 2018. BFI.
2. Web site: Gisèle PRÉVILLE. notreCinema.com.
3. Hayward p.242