Quick Facts
- NAME: Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot
- OCCUPATION: Animal Rights Activist, Film Actress
- BIRTH DATE: September 28, 1934 (Age: 77)
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Paris, France
- Originally: Camille Javal
- ZODIAC SIGN: Libra
Best Known For
Brigitte Bardot is known for the ‘sex kitten’ image she projected in her early films, which set box-office records and made her an international star.
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Synopsis
Brigitte Bardot was discovered on a magazine cover at 15, making her film debut in 1952. Directors crafted her ‘sex kitten’ image for early films such as And God Created Woman and The Night Heaven Fell, which made her an international star. She displayed her acting ability in such films as The Truth, Contempt, and Viva Maria! As of the mid-1990s, Bardot had been married four times.
Profile
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot was born Sept. 28, 1934, in Paris. She was discovered by Roger Vadim when she appeared on a magazine cover at 15. She married Vadim and made her film debut in 1952.
Vadim crafted her "sex kitten" image for his films And God Created Woman (1956) and The Night Heaven Fell (1958), which set box-office records and made her an international star.
She displayed her acting ability in such films as The Truth (1960), Contempt (1963), and Viva Maria! (1965). An animal rights activist, she established an animal welfare organization in 1987.
Two years after divorcing Vadim in 1957, Bardot married actor Jacques Charrier, by whom she had a son, her only child. The couple divorced in 1962. Bardot was married to Germany millionaire playboy Gunter Sachs in 1966, divorcing three years later. And 1992, she married to Bernard d'Ormale.
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