Actress Micheline Presle has died aged 101. Presle was an icon of great French cinema of the 1940s and 1950s.
She played the Red Queen in “Peau d’âne” by Jacques Demy. She also starred in ‘Falbalas’ and ‘Sainte Chérie’. Her last film was ‘Diable au corps’, starring Michèle Morgan and Danielle Darrieux. She died at her home in Nogent-sur-Marne.