Actress Michel Merseier Biography

The biography of the daughter of the Frenchman and Italian, she has been fond of dancing since childhood. In the year, she becomes a soloist of ballet at the Nice Opera House. Maurice Shevalier, once meeting in the theater with a young ballerina, predicts her great success. At the age of 17, Zhoslin goes to conquer Paris, despite the objections of parents who see the daughter of the heiress of a pharmaceutical company owned by the Mersier family.

She first dances in the troupe of Roland Petit, and then in the troupe of the Eiffel Tower Ballet. At the same time, she studies acting. Joslin's debut in the movie took place in the film ... "Turn the pen." The director met a girl in her father’s house in Nice, where she returned, desperate to succeed in ballet. The producers did not like the name Zhoslin and Joslin turned into a Michelle.

According to the official version, the name was borrowed from Michelle Morgan, who played the main role in the "turn of the pen". However, by coincidence, the name Michelle was also once wore the younger sister of Joslin, who died in childhood. The “turning of the handle” was followed by roles in international romantic comedies, an American horror film, a comedy with Bob Hope and small roles of Francois Truffo in “Shoot the Pianist” and Anatoly Litvka in “Do you love Brahms?

The actress is known in many countries, but she is almost unknown in native France. In the year, she was offered a major role in the costume historical film based on the popular novel by Anna and Serge, Angelica, after Brigitte Bardo, Katrin Deneuv and Jane Fund refused her. Michelle successfully passes the samples and gets a role that will bring it worldwide fame. In this film, she plays with Robert Sosein.

From the end of the x Michelle Mercier will be associated only with Angelica. The actress will try to get away from the stereotype imposed on her with the cinematic alter of the ego. On the crest of success, she will appear on the screen as a prostitute in the film “Thunder Heavenly” with Jean Gaben, and in the “second truth” Christian-Jacques will play a killer.

But after the end of the last series of “Angelica”, all the appearance of the Mersier on the screen will be inconspicuous. In the year, after two divorces with the assistant director Andre Smaggy B and with the rider Claude Burilo to the Merseier left the cinema to completely surrender to her personal life. On the screens, it will reappear only after 14 years.

In the year, the financial collapse will make her put up for sale personal belongings and dresses of Angelica, once bought at the film studio. Mercier continues to appear at film festivals with retrospectives of films about Angelica. In the year, the French government handed the actress the Order of Arts and Literature. People always talk about me as Angelica, although I played fifty different women.

For many years I tried to forget about her, but now she seems to me a little sister who is always ready to support me. I learned to live with her nearby. Michelle Mercier.