Born January 1, 1939· Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
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Born to a French pharmacist father and an Italian mother, she first pursued dance, joining the chorus known as “ballet-rats” before becoming a soloist at the Nice Opéra. At seventeen she moved to Paris, entered Roland Petit’s troupe and later the Ballets of the Eiffel Tower, while simultaneously studying acting with Solange Sicard; the long family name was shortened to Michèle as a tribute to her…