Brigitte Bardot, Sex Goddess of Cinema, has died by Elizabeth Blair

Brigitte Bardot, French Cinema Icon and 1960s Sex Symbol, has died aged 91

‘The Brigitte Bardot Foundation announces with immense sadness the death of its Founder and President, Mrs Brigitte Bardot, a world-renowned actress and singer, who chose to give up her prestigious career to dedicate her life and energy to animal welfare and her Foundation.’

Brigitte Bardot, the international sex goddess of cinema in the 1950s and ’60s, has died aged 91. Bardot’s animal rights foundation announced her death in a statement to news agency Agence France-Presse on Sunday, without specifying the time or place of death.

Stylish and seductive, Bardot exuded a kind of free sexuality, rare in the buttoned-up 1950s. She modeled, made movies, influenced fashion around the world and recorded albums. She married four times. Her list of lovers famously included Warren Beatty, Nino Ferrer and singer-songwriter-producer Serge Gainsbourg, with whom she recorded the French hit Bonnie and Clyde.

Bardot’s look was copied by women around the world, says Claire Schub who teaches French literature and film at Tufts University.

“Her fashion choices, her hair, her makeup, her pout … She became this icon, this legend, all over the globe,” says Schub.

But her image changed in her later years. Bardot was found guilty multiple times in her native France of “inciting racial hatred,” mainly for comments attacking Muslims. To read more go to the link below:

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Brigitte Bardot, French cinema icon and 1960s sex symbol, has died aged 91