Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot ( ; ; born 28 September 1934), often referred to by her initials B.B., is a French animal rights activist and former actress and singer.
She is married to Bernard d'Ormale, a former adviser to Marine Le Pen, France's main far-right political leader. ==Early life== Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot was born on 28 September 1934 in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, to Louis Bardot (1896–1975) and Anne-Marie Mucel (1912–1978).
In 1949, Bardot was accepted at the Conservatoire de Paris.
She also studied at the Institut de la Tour, a private Catholic high school near her home. Hélène Gordon-Lazareff, the then-director of the magazines Elle and Le Jardin des Modes, hired Bardot in 1949 as a "junior" fashion model.
Famous for portraying sexually emancipated personae with hedonistic lifestyles, she was one of the best known sex symbols of the late 1950s and 1960s.
On 8 March 1950, Bardot (aged 15 at the time) appeared on the cover of Elle, which brought her an acting offer for the film Les Lauriers sont coupés from director Marc Allégret.
British photographer Cornel Lucas made images of Bardot in the 1950s and 1960s that have become representative of her public persona. Bardot followed And God Created Woman with La Parisienne (1957), a comedy co-starring Charles Boyer for director Boisrond.
The bikini was in the 1950s relatively well accepted in France but was still considered risqué in the United States.
She started her acting career in 1952.
Bardot reacted by putting her head into an oven with open fire; her parents stopped her and ultimately accepted the relationship, on condition that she marry Vadim at the age of 18. ==Career== ===Beginning=== Bardot appeared on the cover of Elle again in 1952, which landed her a movie offer for the comedy Crazy for Love (1952), starring Bourvil and directed by Jean Boyer.
She has committed to the cause of animal welfare in Bodhgaya year after year. On 23 July 2015, Bardot condemned Australian politician Greg Hunt's plan to eradicate 2 million cats to save endangered species such as the Warru and Night parrot. ==Personal life== On 20 December 1952, aged 18, Bardot married director Roger Vadim.
She also had roles in the films The Long Teeth and His Father's Portrait (both 1953). Bardot had a small role in a Hollywood-financed film being shot in Paris, Act of Love (1953), starring Kirk Douglas.
She received media attention when she attended the Cannes Film Festival in April 1953. Bardot had a leading role in an Italian melodrama, Concert of Intrigue (1954) and in a French adventure film, Caroline and the Rebels (1954).
From at least 1956, she was being hailed as the "sex kitten".
In 1956, she had become romantically involved with Jean-Louis Trintignant, who was her co-star in And God Created Woman.
She achieved international recognition in 1957 for her role in And God Created Woman (1956), and also caught the attention of French intellectuals.
The film, about an immoral teenager in a respectable small-town setting, was a huge success, not just in France but also around the world – it was among the ten most popular films in Britain in 1957.
They divorced in 1957; they had no children together, but remained in touch, and even collaborated on later projects.
Their relationship was complicated by Trintignant's frequent absence due to military service and Bardot's affair with musician Gilbert Bécaud. In early 1958, her break-up with Trintignant was followed in quick order by a reported nervous breakdown in Italy, according to newspaper reports.
She was the subject of Simone de Beauvoir's 1959 essay The Lolita Syndrome, which described her as a "locomotive of women's history" and built upon existentialist themes to declare her the first and most liberated woman of post-war France.
She became pregnant well before they were married on 18 June 1959.
As late as 1959, Anne Cole, one of the United States' largest swimsuit designers, said, "It's nothing more than a G-string.
Famous for portraying sexually emancipated personae with hedonistic lifestyles, she was one of the best known sex symbols of the late 1950s and 1960s.
British photographer Cornel Lucas made images of Bardot in the 1950s and 1960s that have become representative of her public persona. Bardot followed And God Created Woman with La Parisienne (1957), a comedy co-starring Charles Boyer for director Boisrond.
Bardot's only child, her son Nicolas-Jacques Charrier, was born on 11 January 1960.
After she and Charrier divorced in 1962, Nicolas was raised in the Charrier family and had little contact with his biological mother until his adulthood. Bardot had an affair with Glenn Ford in the early 1960s.
The Bardot pose describes an iconic modeling portrait shot around 1960 where Bardot is dressed only in a pair of black pantyhose, cross-legged over her front and cross-armed over her breasts.
Bardot was awarded a David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign actress for her role in the film. She made a comedy with Vadim, Please, Not Now! (1961) and had a role in the all-star anthology, Famous Love Affairs (1962). Bardot starred alongside Marcello Mastroianni in a film inspired by her life in A Very Private Affair (Vie privée, 1962), directed by Louis Malle.
After she and Charrier divorced in 1962, Nicolas was raised in the Charrier family and had little contact with his biological mother until his adulthood. Bardot had an affair with Glenn Ford in the early 1960s.
From 1963 to 1965, she lived with musician Bob Zagury. Bardot's third marriage was to German millionaire playboy Gunter Sachs, lasting from 14 July 1966 to 7 October 1969, though they had separated the previous year.
Tropez and the town of Armação dos Búzios in Brazil, which she visited in 1964 with her boyfriend at the time, Brazilian musician Bob Zagury.
From 1963 to 1965, she lived with musician Bob Zagury. Bardot's third marriage was to German millionaire playboy Gunter Sachs, lasting from 14 July 1966 to 7 October 1969, though they had separated the previous year.
From 1963 to 1965, she lived with musician Bob Zagury. Bardot's third marriage was to German millionaire playboy Gunter Sachs, lasting from 14 July 1966 to 7 October 1969, though they had separated the previous year.
Lennon and Bardot met in person once, in 1968 at the Mayfair Hotel, introduced by Beatles press agent Derek Taylor; a nervous Lennon took LSD before arriving, and neither star impressed the other.
moi non-plus, a 1968 duet with Serge Gainsbourg [Burlington Cameo Brings You] Special Bardot (1968.
From 1963 to 1965, she lived with musician Bob Zagury. Bardot's third marriage was to German millionaire playboy Gunter Sachs, lasting from 14 July 1966 to 7 October 1969, though they had separated the previous year.
Although she withdrew from the entertainment industry in 1973, she remains a major popular culture icon. Born and raised in Paris, Bardot was an aspiring ballerina in her early life.
For her role in Louis Malle's film Viva Maria! (1965) she was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress. Bardot retired from the entertainment industry in 1973.
She kept her word and only made one more film, The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot (1973). In 1973, Bardot announced she was retiring from acting as "a way to get out elegantly". ==Animal rights activism== After appearing in more than forty motion pictures and recording several music albums she used her fame to promote animal rights. In 1986, she established the Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the Welfare and Protection of Animals.
In 1975, she entered a relationship with artist Miroslav Brozek and posed for some of his sculptures.
They separated in December 1979. From 1980 to 1985, Bardot had a live-in relationship with French TV producer . On 28 September 1983, her 49th birthday, Bardot took an overdose of sleeping pills or tranquilizers with red wine.
They separated in December 1979. From 1980 to 1985, Bardot had a live-in relationship with French TV producer . On 28 September 1983, her 49th birthday, Bardot took an overdose of sleeping pills or tranquilizers with red wine.
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They separated in December 1979. From 1980 to 1985, Bardot had a live-in relationship with French TV producer . On 28 September 1983, her 49th birthday, Bardot took an overdose of sleeping pills or tranquilizers with red wine.
She was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1985 but refused to accept it.
They separated in December 1979. From 1980 to 1985, Bardot had a live-in relationship with French TV producer . On 28 September 1983, her 49th birthday, Bardot took an overdose of sleeping pills or tranquilizers with red wine.
She kept her word and only made one more film, The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot (1973). In 1973, Bardot announced she was retiring from acting as "a way to get out elegantly". ==Animal rights activism== After appearing in more than forty motion pictures and recording several music albums she used her fame to promote animal rights. In 1986, she established the Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the Welfare and Protection of Animals.
On 25 May 2011 the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society renamed its fast interceptor vessel, MV Gojira, as MV Brigitte Bardot in appreciation of her support. She once had a neighbour's donkey castrated while looking after it, on the grounds of its "sexual harassment" of her own donkey and mare, for which she was taken to court by the donkey's owner in 1989.
(autobiography, Grasset & Fasquelle, 1996) Le Carré de Pluton (Grasset & Fasquelle, 1999) Un Cri Dans Le Silence (Editions Du Rocher, 2003) Pourquoi? (Editions Du Rocher, 2006) ==See also== List of animal rights advocates ==References== ===Notes=== ===Footnotes=== ===Sources=== ==Literature== Brigitte Tast, Hans-Jürgen Tast (Hrsg.) Brigitte Bardot.
She had been fined in 1997 for the original publication of this open letter in Le Figaro and again in 1998 for making similar remarks. In her 2003 book, Un cri dans le silence (A Scream in the Silence), she contrasted her close gay friends with homosexuals who "jiggle their bottoms, put their little fingers in the air and with their little castrato voices moan about what those ghastly heteros put them through," and said some contemporary homosexuals behave like "fairground freaks".
She had been fined in 1997 for the original publication of this open letter in Le Figaro and again in 1998 for making similar remarks. In her 2003 book, Un cri dans le silence (A Scream in the Silence), she contrasted her close gay friends with homosexuals who "jiggle their bottoms, put their little fingers in the air and with their little castrato voices moan about what those ghastly heteros put them through," and said some contemporary homosexuals behave like "fairground freaks".
(autobiography, Grasset & Fasquelle, 1996) Le Carré de Pluton (Grasset & Fasquelle, 1999) Un Cri Dans Le Silence (Editions Du Rocher, 2003) Pourquoi? (Editions Du Rocher, 2006) ==See also== List of animal rights advocates ==References== ===Notes=== ===Footnotes=== ===Sources=== ==Literature== Brigitte Tast, Hans-Jürgen Tast (Hrsg.) Brigitte Bardot.
During the 2000s, she generated controversy by criticizing immigration and Islam in France, and she has been fined five times for inciting racial hatred.
For this comment, a French court fined her 30,000 francs (€6,000 in 2019 euros) in June 2000.
She had been fined in 1997 for the original publication of this open letter in Le Figaro and again in 1998 for making similar remarks. In her 2003 book, Un cri dans le silence (A Scream in the Silence), she contrasted her close gay friends with homosexuals who "jiggle their bottoms, put their little fingers in the air and with their little castrato voices moan about what those ghastly heteros put them through," and said some contemporary homosexuals behave like "fairground freaks".
(autobiography, Grasset & Fasquelle, 1996) Le Carré de Pluton (Grasset & Fasquelle, 1999) Un Cri Dans Le Silence (Editions Du Rocher, 2003) Pourquoi? (Editions Du Rocher, 2006) ==See also== List of animal rights advocates ==References== ===Notes=== ===Footnotes=== ===Sources=== ==Literature== Brigitte Tast, Hans-Jürgen Tast (Hrsg.) Brigitte Bardot.
The book also contained a section attacking what she called the mixing of genes and praised previous generations who, she said, had given their lives to push out invaders. On 10 June 2004, Bardot was convicted for a fourth time by a French court for inciting racial hatred and fined €5,000.
(autobiography, Grasset & Fasquelle, 1996) Le Carré de Pluton (Grasset & Fasquelle, 1999) Un Cri Dans Le Silence (Editions Du Rocher, 2003) Pourquoi? (Editions Du Rocher, 2006) ==See also== List of animal rights advocates ==References== ===Notes=== ===Footnotes=== ===Sources=== ==Literature== Brigitte Tast, Hans-Jürgen Tast (Hrsg.) Brigitte Bardot.
It is not in my character." In 2008, Bardot was convicted of inciting racial/religious hatred in regard to a letter she wrote, a copy of which she sent to Nicolas Sarkozy when he was Interior Minister of France.
The trial concluded on 3 June 2008, with a conviction and fine of €15,000, the largest of her fines to date.
The prosecutor stated she was tired of charging Bardot with offences related to racial hatred. During the 2008 United States presidential election, she branded the Republican Party vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as "stupid" and a "disgrace to women".
The first-ever official exhibition spotlighting Bardot's influence and legacy opened in Boulogne-Billancourt on 29 September 2009 – a day after her 75th birthday.
She was also offended by Palin's support for Arctic oil exploration and by her lack of consideration in protecting polar bears. On 13 August 2010, Bardot lashed out at director Kyle Newman regarding his plan to make a biographical film on her life.
On 25 May 2011 the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society renamed its fast interceptor vessel, MV Gojira, as MV Brigitte Bardot in appreciation of her support. She once had a neighbour's donkey castrated while looking after it, on the grounds of its "sexual harassment" of her own donkey and mare, for which she was taken to court by the donkey's owner in 1989.
an outmoded tradition that has no acceptable justification in today's world". On 22 April 2011, French culture minister Frédéric Mitterrand officially included bullfighting in the country's cultural heritage.
She endorsed Le Pen in the 2012 and 2017 French presidential elections. ==Legacy== In fashion, the Bardot neckline (a wide open neck that exposes both shoulders) is named after her.
Bardot wrote him a highly critical letter of protest. From 2013 onwards, the Brigitte Bardot Foundation in collaboration with Kagyupa International Monlam Trust of India has operated an annual Veterinary Care Camp.
She has committed to the cause of animal welfare in Bodhgaya year after year. On 23 July 2015, Bardot condemned Australian politician Greg Hunt's plan to eradicate 2 million cats to save endangered species such as the Warru and Night parrot. ==Personal life== On 20 December 1952, aged 18, Bardot married director Roger Vadim.
In 2015, she threatened to sue a St.
She endorsed Le Pen in the 2012 and 2017 French presidential elections. ==Legacy== In fashion, the Bardot neckline (a wide open neck that exposes both shoulders) is named after her.
She was paid 200,000 francs (€4,700 in 2019 euros) for the small role portraying a cousin of the main character.
For this comment, a French court fined her 30,000 francs (€6,000 in 2019 euros) in June 2000.
She became a vegetarian and raised three million francs (€811,000 in 2020 euros) to fund the foundation by auctioning off jewellery and personal belongings. She is a strong animal rights activist and a major opponent of the consumption of [meat].
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