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The Film that Created the Bardot 'Sex Kitten' Myth

The 1956 film sparked censorship and outrage with Bardot's provocative performance, symbolizing a shift in French social norms and inspiring women’s liberation, historian said.

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Her hair was a wild mess and her skirt slit to the waist, but the mambo dance that Brigitte Bardot performed in "And God Created Woman" became an overnight sensation in the staid 1950s.

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The film that created the Bardot 'sex kitten' myth

Her hair was a wild mess and her skirt slit to the waist, but the mambo dance that Brigitte Bardot performed in "And God Created Woman" became an overnight sensation in the staid 1950s.

Brigitte Bardot, whose career in the movie is closed...

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Premiered in 1956, the film directed by Roger Vadim not only released the iconic French actress to stardom: it also shook the moral limits of postwar cinema and turned its protagonist into a symbol of freedom and modernity.

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And the cinema... created B.B.. "I don't know who created the myth, in any case I'm delighted to be a myth, if I'm one, but I don't believe in it especially no," she said on the filming of the film "The Truth". Yet, it's bi... Visualize the continuation of the slideshow on Elle.fr

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elle.fr broke the news in on Sunday, December 28, 2025.
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