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name: "Micheline Cheirel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/micheline-cheirel"
roles: []
born: "12 April 1917"
died: "25 October 2002"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T00:33:46.928714+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Micheline Cheirel

Actor. Born 12 April 1917 in Paris, France. Died 25 October 2002.

## Details

- **Born:** 12 April 1917, Paris, France
- **Died:** 25 October 2002
- **Also known as:** Micheline Truyen
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micheline_Cheirel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3311348, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0154989/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/116769

## Biography

Micheline Cheirel (born Micheline Truyen; 12 April 1917 – 25 October 2002) was a French actress. She appeared in French cinema from 1935 and in several American films during the 1940s. She was the niece of actress Jeanne Cheirel.

Her early roles included Siska in *Carnival in Flanders* (1935) and Huguette in *La Belle Équipe* (1936). In the United States she played Christine in *Hold Back the Dawn* (1941) and Mme. Madeleine Jarnac in *Cornered* (1945). Other credits include *So Dark the Night* (1946) and *Jewels of Brandenburg* (1947). She was active until 1947.

Cheirel was married to British actor John Loder from 1936 to 1941 and to French actor Paul Meurisse from 1951 to 1955.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, fr.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Hold Back the Dawn* (1941), Fi1m 78, as Christine — [page](https://film.one/film/hold-back-the-dawn.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Crime Doctor's Gamble* (1947), as Mignon Duval Jardin
- *Jewels of Brandenburg* (1947), as Claudette Grandet
- *So Dark the Night* (1946), as Nanette Michaud
- *Flight to Nowhere* (1946), as Dolly Lorraine
- *Devotion* (1946), as Mademoiselle Blanche (uncredited)
- *Cornered* (1945), as Mme. Madeleine Jarnac(Laurent)
- *A Close Call for Ellery Queen* (1942), as Marie Dubois
- *Hold Back the Dawn* (1941), as Christine — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/hold-back-the-dawn.md)
- *Feux de joie* (1939), as Micheline
- *The Ladies in the Green Hats* (1937), as Arlette
- *Champs-Elysees* (1937), as Liliane
- *La Belle Équipe* (1936), as Huguette, la fiancée de Mario
- *Carnival in Flanders* (1935), as Siska
- *Dora Nelson* (1935), as Yvonne de Moreuil
- *Marius and Olive in Paris* (1935), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Micheline Cheirel](https://film.one/media/person/1232390/gallery-1fcaf82a8e8a.jpg) Micheline Cheirel — Les Femmes dans l'action mondiale, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Micheline_Cheirel_1939.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Micheline Cheriel in Flight to Nowhere - cropped screenshot (1946)](https://film.one/media/person/1232390/gallery-f446ca705df0.jpg) Micheline Cheriel in Flight to Nowhere - cropped screenshot (1946) — film screenshot (Golden Gate Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Micheline_Cheriel_in_Flight_to_Nowhere.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Micheline Cheirel](https://film.one/media/person/1232390/gallery-f7dd56e5d580.jpg) Micheline Cheirel — Image via TMDB
- ![Micheline Cheirel](https://film.one/media/person/1232390/gallery-b27a59058fbb.jpg) Micheline Cheirel — Image via TMDB

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