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Brigitte BardotFrench actor and singer became a symbol of the sexual revolution In the 1950s and 1960s, had died. She is 91 years old.
The Brigitte Bardot Foundation announced the news of her death “with great sadness” on Sunday (December 28), describing the star as “a world-renowned actress and singer who chose to give up her prestigious career to devote her life and energy to animal welfare and her foundation”.
Just one month after Bardot’s death star foundation says Reports of her poor health are “false.” Bardot experienced A “minor” surgical procedure in October.
Throughout her career, the Parisian star was praised for her work with pioneering French New Wave directors such as Roger Vadim and Jean-Luc Godard.
She also sang on several albums, notably with Serge Gainsbourg, and devoted herself to animal rights activism in her later years.
Bardot was born on September 28, 1934 in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. Her father, Louis, was an engineer, and her mother, Annemarie, was the daughter of an insurance company director. She grew up in a strict Catholic family and attributes her rebellion to an incident in her youth when she and her sister broke a vase and were subsequently whipped by her father.
After studying ballet as a child, she began a career in modeling. At the age of 15, Bardot appeared on the cover of Elle magazine. She was then invited to audition for a film role, where she met Vadim, the show’s screenwriter. The two fell in love and got married when she turned 18.
In 1952, at the age of 17, Bardot began her acting career in the comedy crazy for love and drama Manina, the girl in bikini. The latter film is credited with helping popularize the revealing swimsuit style.
She made a dozen more films before her husband Vadim cast her in his directorial debut, God created woman, In 1956, the film was an international success and critics coined the term “sex kitten” to describe the allure of her screen persona.
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By the end of the 1950s, Bardot had become France’s highest-paid actress. Despite numerous financial offers, Bardot never moved to Hollywood. Instead, she remained very much a star in European cinema, winning widespread acclaim for her performances in Godard’s films. despise 1963. After appearing in 47 films, she announced her retirement from showbiz in 1973 at the age of 39, stating that she wanted to “retire in a graceful way.”
In 1963, at the height of her fame, Bardot released her debut album Brigitte Bardot sings. She later collaborated with Gainsbourg on his 1968 album Abbreviation BB, Best known as a duet on the single “Bonnie and Clyde”.
Bardot divorced Vadim five years later in 1957. Her second marriage, to actor Jacques Charrier, lasted from 1959 to 1962. She also divorced her third husband. Millionaire Gunter Sachs, In 1969, three years after marriage.
Sachs was frustrated when Bardot and her then-lover Gainsbourg recorded the song “Je t’aime…moi non plus,” which included what the recording engineer called “heavy caressing.”
Bardot’s fourth and final marriage was to Bernard d’Ormale, an adviser to far-right National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, in 1992.
Later in life, Bardot devoted herself to animal welfare through her charity, the Brigitte Bardot Foundation.
She has also courted controversy on several occasions with racist and offensive public comments. In a 2004 book, she called gays “playground freaks”, complained about the “unemployment benefits scandal” and claimed France was being “infiltrated” by “sheep-slaughtering Muslims”. Between 1997 and 2008, she was brought to court five times for inciting racial hatred.
French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the star, writing: “With her films, her voice, her dazzling glory, her initials, her sorrow, her generous passion for animals, the face that became Marianne, Brigitte Bardot embodied a life of freedom. A French presence, a universal brilliance. She moved us. We mourn the legend of this century.”
Meanwhile, French far-right politician Marine Le Pen, whom Badu once praised, hailed her as “an outstanding woman.”
She wrote: “A woman who chose to give up an incredible career to devote herself to the animals she guarded with endless energy and love until her last breath. She was incredibly French: free, untamed, whole. She will be deeply missed.”
Bardot is survived by Dormalet and her son Nicolas-Jacques Charrier.