While her parents were at work, they employed Elke Sommer as an au-pair girl to look after Michelle and her three sisters.
[2] Michelle trained at the Aida Foster stage school and her acting career has mostly been in film and television.
Michelle's most notable acting role was as Jane Pettibone in the cult British horror film Psychomania (1973), and her other film appearances included roles in House of Whipcord (1974), Mistress Pamela (1974), Cruel Passion (1977), Young Lady Chatterley (1977), Haunted (1977), and French Quarter (1978).
She later disowned Virgin Witch, according to an article in the Sarasota Herald of 12 November 1973, saying that the producer had just wanted nude scenes.
In 1981 Michelle had a prominent role in the TV adaptation of Levkas Man.