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French screen legend Brigitte Bardot dies at 91

2025-12-28 11:03:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

French screen legend Brigitte Bardot dies at 91

Legendary French actress Brigitte Bardot has died at the age of 91 at her home in Saint Tropez, her foundation announced the news in a statement on Sunday.

"The Brigitte Bardot Foundation announces with deep sadness the death of its founder and president, Madame Brigitte Bardot, a world-famous actress and singer, who chose to abandon her prestigious career to dedicate her life and energy to animal welfare and her foundation ," the statement said.

Bardot rose to international fame with the 1956 film "And God Created Woman," written and directed by her then-husband, Roger Vadim. However, in the early 1970s, she announced her retirement from acting and became increasingly politically active. Her outspoken support for animal rights evolved into inflammatory comments about ethnic minorities and open support for France's far-right National Front.

Born in 1934 in Paris, Bardot was raised in a traditional Catholic family, but excelled enough as a ballerina that she was allowed to study ballet, earning a place at the prestigious Paris Conservatory. At the same time, she found work as a model, appearing on the cover of Elle in 1950, while still 15 years old. As a result of her modeling work, she was offered film roles; at an audition she met Vadim, whom she would marry in 1952, after she turned 18. Bardot was cast in small roles, of increasing importance.

But it was Vadim's film "And God Created Woman," in which Bardot played a free-spirited teenager in Saint-Tropez, that solidified her image and transformed her into an international icon. The film was a huge hit in France, as well as internationally, and catapulted Bardot into the forefront of French screen performers. /CNA





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