Michele Morgan Biography

Fast Facts

• Was awarded a Legion of Honor by the French government in 1969 and an honorary Cesar Award by the French motion picture industry in 1992
• Won a Cannes Film Festival Award for "Pastoral Symphony" in 1946
• Won the Career Golden Lion, a lifetime achievement award, at the Venice Film Festival in 1996
• Took drama lessons with Rene Simon at the age of 15 and paid for her training by working as a film extra
• Made her screen acting debut in the film "Meet Miss Mozart" in 1936
• After she retired from acting, she became a painter and still occasionally holds exhibitions in France
• Best known for her role as Julie in "The Fallen Idol" and as Nelly in "Port of Shadows․"
• After Germany invaded France in 1940, she moved to Hollywood and appeared in "Higher and Higher" with Frank Sinatra and "Passage to Marseille" with Humphrey Bogart