US EditionBrigitte Bardot, French screen legend, dies aged 91
Bardot retired from film in 1973 to focus on animal rights, founding a foundation in 1986 that continues her work protecting wildlife and opposing hunting.
- French media reported that Brigitte Bardot, French actor and screen legend, has died aged 91 after being hospitalized last month; no funeral or memorial arrangements have been announced.
- Her film stardom began in 1956 with And God Created Woman, but Bardot quit cinema in 1973 and retired to Saint-Tropez, French Riviera, at age 39.
- Starring in 47 films, Bardot became a global cultural figure with box-office hits and her tousled blond hair, tiny waist and pout made her one of France's best-known stars.
- She founded the Brigitte Bardot Foundation in 1986 to protect animals and sold memorabilia to fund it, but Bardot faced five convictions in French courts for inciting racial hatred.
- Her image came to embody 1960s sexual freedom and social change, with And God Created Woman influencing New Wave directors Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut while her death removes a figure who shaped fashion, cinema and sexuality debates.
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When Brigitte Bardot entered the stage of international film in 1956, a new type of film star was born. She provoked by her naturalness and therefore offered herself as a projection surface. However, her authenticity was never played, but until the very last expression of a stubborn rebelry.
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Brigitte Bardot to be buried in Saint-Tropez cemetery
Cinema icon Brigitte Bardot is to be buried in a graveyard in her hometown of Saint-Tropez, an official said Monday, as France wrestles with how to pay tribute to a cultural legend who in later years championed far-right views.
Film icon Brigitte Bardot has died. Now Mario Adorf comes to the floor. He has a special connection with the French woman.
Planetary star with "Pleasant to too many" (1956) and interpreter of 49 films, B.B. goes away at the age of 91. Sensual and controversial, he witched the world by deboning the bikini. At the apex of his career, he retired to dedicate himself to animals.A Parisian, Female, The girl of sin A loose bridle Likes too many, but if The bride too beautiful lives Famous loves, private life is betrayed and if he says The truth attracts contempt.You could …
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