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Brigitte Bardot
Paris, France
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot (September 28, 1934 – December 28, 2025) was a French actress, singer, model and animal rights activist. In her early life, Bardot was an aspiring ball…
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Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot (September 28, 1934 – December 28, 2025) was a French actress, singer, model and animal rights activist. 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 her then-husband Roger Vadim's controversial film And God Created Woman. She later starred in Jean-Luc Godard's 1963 cult film, Contempt. She was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for her role in Louis Malle's 1965 film, Viva Maria!. She caught the attention of French intellectuals. She was the subject of Simone de Beauvoir's 1959 essay, The Lolita Syndrome, which described Bardot 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. Bardot retired from the entertainment industry in 1973. During her career in show business Bardot starred in 47 films, performed in numerous musical shows, and recorded 80 songs. She was awarded the Légion d'honneur in 1985 but refused to receive it. After her retirement, Bardot established herself as an animal rights activist, but her longstanding support for the far-right and for discrimination against minorities in France showed a constant disdain for human rights instead.
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2026
Brigitte Bardot - Le combat en héritage
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2025
Bardot
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2024
Les Scandaleuses
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2023
Godard Cinema
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- 2022
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2022
Brigitte Bardot, the rebel
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- 2022
- 2022
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2022
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
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2022
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
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- 2022
- 2021
- 2021
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2021
Trintignant by Trintignant
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2021
Morceaux de Cannes
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- 2021
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- 2021
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2020
A Night at the Opera
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2020
Citizen Jane Fonda
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2020
Beautiful Like a Poem
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2019
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
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2019
Oh Les Filles!
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2019
Brigitte Bardot, rebel with a cause
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2018
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
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- 2018
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2018
Lino Ventura, la part intime
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2018
She's French
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2017
Coming Apart
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2017
Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite
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2017
The Summer of Love
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2017
Bardot Amoureuse
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2016
Vadim Mister Cool
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- 2016
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2015
Spanish Western
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- 2014
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2014
The truth about Brigitte Bardot
Movie Brigitte Bardot
- 2013
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2013
That's Sexploitation!
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2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
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2012
The Bardot mystery
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