Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Anne Marie Bardot (born 28 September 1934)  is a French animal welfare/rights activistand a former actress, fashion model and singer. In her early life Bardot was an aspiring ballet dancer. She started her acting career in 1952 and after appearing in 16 films became world-famous due to her role in the controversial film And God Created Woman. During her career in show business Bardot starred in 48 films, performed in numerous musical shows, and recorded 80 songs. After her retirement from the entertainment industry in 1973, Bardot established herself as an animal rights activist. 

Sh started as a model for a fashion magazine "Jardin des Modes". On 8 March 1950 she appeared on the cover of ELLE and was noticed by a young film director Roger Vadim. He showed an issue of the magazine to director and screenwriter Marc Allégret, who offered Bardot the opportunity to audition for "Les lauriers sont coupés" thereafter. Although Bardot got the role, the shooting of the film was canceled, but it made her consider becoming an actress. Moreover, her acquaintance with Vadim, who attended the audition, influenced her further life and career. Although the European film industry was then in its ascendancy, Bardot was one of the few European actresses to receive mass media attention in the United States. She debuted in a 1952 comedy film Le Trou Normand (English title: Crazy for Love). In the same year she married Roger Vadim. From 1952 to 1956 she appeared in seventeen films; in 1953 playing a part in Jean Anouilh's stageplay "L'Invitation au château" ("The Invitation to the Castle"). She received media attention when she attended the Cannes Film Festival in April 1953. "She is every man's idea of the girl he'd like to meet in Paris," wrote the film critic Ivon Addams in 1955. Her films of the early and mid 1950s were generally lightweight romantic dramas. Her French-language films were dubbed for international release. In 1956 she did "And God Created Woman" with Jean-Louis Trintignant. The film, about an immoral teenager in a respectable small-town setting, was a big international success. n 1963, she starred in Jean-Luc Godard's critically acclaimed film Contempt. She was featured in many other films along with notable actors such as Alain Delon (Famous Love Affairs, Spirits of the Dead), Jean Gabin (In Case of Adversity), Sean Connery (Shalako), Jean Marais (Royal Affairs in Versailles, School for Love), Lino Ventura (Rum Runners), Annie Girardot (The Novices), Claudia Cardinale (The Legend of Frenchie King), Jeanne Moreau (Viva Maria!), Jane Birkin (Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman). In 1986 she established the Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the Welfare and Protection of Animals. 

With Marcelo Mastroianni

Wirh Serge Gainsbourg

 With Alain Delon

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