Brigitte Bardot
Birth name	Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot[1][2]
Born	September 28, 1934 (1934-09-28) (age 73) Paris, France
Spouse(s)	Roger Vadim (1952-1957) Jacques Charrier (1959-1962) Gunter Sachs (1966-1969) Bernard d'Ormale (1992-present)
Children	Nicholas Charrier (b. 1960).
Awards BAFTA Awards Nominated: Best Actress 1965 Viva Maria!

Brigitte Bardot (French IPA: [bʀi'ʒit baʀ'do]) (born September 28, 1934) is a BAFTA Awards-nominated French actress, former fashion model, singer, known nationalist, animal rights activist, and considered the embodiment of the 1950s and 1960s sex kitten. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... Roger Vadim, born Roger Vladimir Plemiannikov (January 26, 1928 – February 11, 2000) was a French journalist, author, actor, screenwriter, director, and producer who launched Brigitte Bardots career in the film And God Created Woman. ... Gunter Sachs (born November 14, 1932) is a Swiss mathematician and multi-millionaire industrialist. ... BAFTA Award The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role has been presented to its winners since 1952 and actresses of all nationalities are eligible to receive the award. ... Viva Maria! is a 1965 comedy-adventure film staring Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau both named Maria who meet and become revolutionaries. ... Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the “International Phonetic Alphabet”. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ... is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... Photograph of the once famous model Dovima A model is a person who poses or displays for purposes of art, fashion, or other products and advertising. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... Nationalism is an ideology that creates and sustains a nation as a concept of a common identity for groups of humans. ... For the concept, see Animal rights The animal liberation movement or animal rights movement, sometimes called the animal personhood movement and animal advocacy movement, is the global movement of activists, academics, lawyers, campaigns, and organized groups who oppose the use of non-human animals in research, as food, as clothing... Marilyn Monroe, one of the most iconic and famous female sex symbols of all time. ...

In the 1970s after her retirement from the entertainment industry, Bardot established herself as an animal rights activist, which work she continues today. During the 1990s she was outspoken about her political views on such issues as immigration, Islam in France, miscegenation, and homosexuality. She is a sympathizer with the far right.^[3] The entertainment industry consists of a large number of sub-industries devoted to entertainment. ... Animal liberation redirects here. ... Estimates of the number of Muslims in France vary widely. ... Frederick Douglass with his second wife Helen Pitts Douglass (sitting) who was white, a famous 19th century American example of miscegenation. ... Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction and / or romantic attraction between individuals of the same sex. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into far right. ...

Biography

Brigitte Bardot (full name is Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot) was born in Paris to Anne-Marie 'Toty' Mucel and industrialist Charles 'Pilou' Bardot. Toty encouraged Brigitte's interest in music and dance at an early age; Brigitte modeled for Elle by the time she was 15 years old.^[4] This article is about the capital of France. ... ELLE is a worldwide magazine that focuses on womens fashion, beauty, health, and entertainment. ...

Career

In 1952 Brigitte appeared on screen for the first time in Crazy for Love. That same year she married director Roger Vadim with whom she had been romantically involved for several years. They married when she turned 18 and divorced five years later. Roger Vadim, born Roger Vladimir Plemiannikov (January 26, 1928 – February 11, 2000) was a French journalist, author, actor, screenwriter, director, and producer who launched Brigitte Bardots career in the film And God Created Woman. ...

Although the European film industry was then in its ascendancy her personal rise was remarkable; she has been one of the few European actresses to receive mass media attention in the United States. She and Marilyn Monroe who like her was not a real blonde but darkhaired and bleached were the icons of female sexuality in the 1950s and 1960s and whenever she made public appearances in the United States the media hordes covered her every move. European cinema is the cinema of Europe. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962), was a Golden Globe Award-winning American actress, singer, model and pop icon. ...

Her films of the early and mid 1950s were lightweight romantic dramas, some of them historical, in which she was cast as ingénue or siren, often with an element of undress. She played bit parts in three English-language films, the British comedy Doctor at Sea (1955), Helen of Troy (1954), in which she was understudy for the title role but only appears as Helen's handmaid, and Act of Love (1954) with Kirk Douglas. Her French-language films were dubbed for international release. "She is every man's idea of the girl he'd like to meet in Paris," said the film-critic Ivon Addams in 1955. A bit part is a supporting acting role with at least one line of dialogue. ... Helen of Troy is a 1956 Warner Bros. ... Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch Demsky December 9, 1916) is an iconic American actor and film producer known for his gravelly voice and his recurring roles as the kinds of characters Douglas himself once described as sons of bitches. He is also father to Hollywood actor and producer Michael Douglas. ...

Vadim was not content with this light fare. The New Wave of French and Italian art directors and their stars were riding high internationally, and he felt Bardot was being undersold. Looking for something more like an art film to push her as a serious actress, he showcased her in And God Created Woman (1956) with Jean-Louis Trintignant. The film, about an amoral teenager in a respectable small-town setting, was a big international success. She may have had an affair with her costar Trintignant but this was more likely a prerelease publicity gimmick. The film is often wrongly described as her first film (it was her seventeenth) and to have launched her overnight but it did help move her towards the cinematic mainstream. François Truffauts New Wave film Jules et Jim The New Wave (French: la Nouvelle Vague) was a blanket term coined by critics for a group of French filmmakers of the late 1950s and 1960s, influenced (in part) by Italian Neorealism. ... And God Created Woman (French title: ) is a 1956 movie, directed by Roger Vadim and starring Brigitte Bardot. ... Jean-Louis Trintignant (born on December 11, 1930 in Piolenc, Vaucluse, France) is a French actor. ...

At Hollywood, Bardot would be considered too risqué to handle. The Doris Day era was still in full swing, and even Jane Russell in The French Line (1953) had been thought to be going too far by showing her midriff. Erotica like Bardot's Cette sacrée gamine (That Crazy Kid, 1955) was considered acceptable at the box office so long as it was clearly labelled "European." Bardot's limited English and strong accent, while beguiling to the ears of men, did not suit rapid-fire Hollywood scripts. In any event, staying in Europe benefited her image when the 1960s began to swing and Hollywood slipped into the background for a while, and Bardot was voted honorary sex-goddess of the decade. True or false, but there was a widely popular claim that Brigitte Bardot, as an actress, did more for the French international trade balance than the entire French auto industry. ... Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff (born April 3, 1924)[1] is an American singer, actress, and animal welfare advocate known as Doris Day. ... With Bob Hope in 1944. ... Midriff on display In the human body, the midriff is the section of the body between the chest and the waist, i. ...

She divorced Vadim in 1957 and in 1959 married actor Jacques Charrier, by whom in 1960 she had her only child, Nicolas-Jacques Charrier. She and her son were never close - she did not raise him and once compared being pregnant with him to having a tumor growing within her. Her marriage was preyed on by the paparazzi and there were clashes over the direction of her career. Her films became more substantial, but this brought a heavy pressure of dual celebrity as she sought critical acclaim while remaining a glamour model for most of the world. For other uses, see Paparazzi (disambiguation). ...

Vie privée (1960), directed by Louis Malle has more than an element of autobiography in it. The scene in which, returning to her flat, Bardot's character is harangued in the lift by a middle aged cleaning lady calling her a tramp and a tart was based on an actual incident, and is a resonant image of celebrity in the mid 20th century. Louis Malle (October 30, 1932 – November 23, 1995) was an Academy Award nominated French film director, working in both French and English. ...

Soon afterwards Bardot withdrew to the seclusion of Southern France. This region consists of the southern part of France. ...

Throughout the 1960s she appeared in glossy star vehicles like Viva Maria (1965), dabbled in pop music, and played the role of glamour model and icon. She starred in Jean-Luc Godard's film Contempt (1963). In 1965 she appeared as herself in the Hollywood production Dear Brigitte (1965) starring James Stewart. Viva Maria! is a 1965 comedy-adventure film staring Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau both named Maria who meet and become revolutionaries. ... For other uses, see Pop music (disambiguation). ... Glamour photography is the photographing of a model (usually female) nude or semi-nude, in a way that is intended to be erotic. ... Jean-Luc Godard (French IPA: ) (born 3 December 1930) is a French filmmaker and one of the most influential members of the Nouvelle Vague, or French New Wave. Born to Franco-Swiss parents in Paris, he was educated in Nyon, Switzerland, later studying at the Lycée Rohmer, and the... Contempt (original French title Le Mépris, Italian title Il Disprezzo) is a film released in 1963, directed by Jean-Luc Godard. ... ... Dear Brigitte is a 1965 family-comedy starring James Stewart and directed by Henry Koster. ... For other persons named James Stewart, see James Stewart (disambiguation). ...

Her other husbands were German millionaire playboy Gunter Sachs (1966-1969), and Bernard d'Ormale (1992-present). She is reputed to have had relationships with many other men including singers Serge Gainsbourg and Sacha Distel. In the late 1950s she shared an exchange she considered 'croiser de deux sillages' with actor and true crime author John Gilmore, then an actor in France for a New Wave film with Jean Seberg. Gilmore told Paris Match: 'I felt a beautiful warmth with Bardot but found it difficult to discuss things to any depth whatsoever'. In the 1970s she lived together with the sculptor Miroslav Brozek and posed for some of his sculptures. Gunter Sachs (born November 14, 1932) is a Swiss mathematician and multi-millionaire industrialist. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Sacha Distel (January 29, 1933 – July 22, 2004) was a French singer who had hits such as a cover version of the Academy Award winning Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head (originally recorded by B.J. Thomas) and Scoubidou. He was born in Paris. ... True Crime is a 1999 film starring Alicia Silverstone and Kevin Dillon. ... John Jonathan Gilmore (born 1935 in Los Angeles, California) is an American journalist and writer. ... François Truffauts New Wave film Jules et Jim The New Wave (French: la Nouvelle Vague) was a blanket term coined by critics for a group of French filmmakers of the late 1950s and 1960s, influenced (in part) by Italian Neorealism. ... Jean Seberg (November 13, 1938 – September 8, 1979) was an American actress who spent an important part of her career in France. ... Alexandre Coste, son of Albert II of Monaco, on the cover of Paris Match Paris Match is a French magazine. ...

She is recognized for popularizing bikini swimwear in early films such as Manina (Woman without a Veil, 1952) and in her appearances at Cannes and in many photo shoots. She even sported an early version of the monokini from time to time. Though this was not considered extraordinary in France, it was considered nearly scandalous in the US. The fashions of the 1960s looked effortlessly right and spontaneous on her and she joined Marilyn Monroe and Jackie Kennedy in becoming a subject for Andy Warhol paintings. This article is about the womens bathing suit. ... The original monokini, designed by Rudi Gernreich in 1964. ... Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962), was a Golden Globe Award-winning American actress, singer, model and pop icon. ... First official White House portrait. ... Andrew Warhola (August 6, 1928 — February 22, 1987), better known as Andy Warhol, was an American artist who became a central figure in the movement known as Pop art. ...

In 1970 the sculptor Alain Gourdon used Bardot as the model for a bust of Marianne, the French national emblem. Cover of a book of pin up by Aslan Aslan (real name is Alain Gourdon , born in Bordeaux (France) on May 23, 1930) is a French painter, sculptor and pin-up artist. ... Marianne busts with features of Brigitte Bardot - Catherine Deneuve - Mireille Mathieu Marianne, a national emblem of France, is a personification of Liberty and Reason. ...

Activism

In 1973 just before her fortieth birthday Bardot announced her retirement. After appearing in more than fifty motion pictures and recording several music albums, most notably with Serge Gainsbourg, she chose to use her fame to promote animal rights. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Animal liberation redirects here. ...

Songs about

The first "Brigitte Bardot" song was released by Achilles and his Heels on the Fontana label in 1961.

Indie singer Jordan Galland also has a song called "Brigitte Bardot" Jordan Galland, is New York City-based filmmaker, writer, and musician. ...

In 1986 she established the Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the Welfare and Protection of Animals. She raised three million French francs to fund the foundation by auctioning off jewelry and many personal belongings. Today she is one of the world's most influential animal rights activists and a major opponent of the consumption of horse meat. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Jewelry (the American spelling; spelled jewellery in Commonwealth English) consists of ornamental devices worn by persons, typically made with gems and precious metals. ... Musculature of horse Horse meat is the culinary name for meat cut from a horse. ...

Considered a militant for animal protection, she condemned seal hunting in Canada during a visit to that country. She sought to discuss the issue with Stephen Harper, though her request for a meeting was denied.^[5] ... Stephen Joseph Harper (born April 30, 1959) is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. ...

Politics

Her husband Bernard d'Ormal to whom she has been married since 1992 is a former adviser of the Front National. With the publication of her 2003 book A Scream in the Silence the reclusive Bardot has come under considerable fire for anti-Muslim and homophobic comments. In May 2003 the MRAP announced it would sue Bardot for her published views. Another organisation - the "Ligue des Droits de l'Homme" (League of Human Rights) - announced they were also considering similar legal proceedings. To her defence, she never supported the Front National. Islamophobia is a neologism that according to the 2003 edition of the New Oxford Dictionary of English refers to hatred or fear of Islam or Muslims, especially as a political force. ... A protest by The Westboro Baptist Church, a group identified by the Anti-Defamation League as virulently homophobic. ... MRAP stands for Mouvement contre le racisme et pour lamitié entre les peuples (Movement Against Racism and for Friendship between People), and is an anti-racist French NGO, created in 1941. ...

Bardot, in a letter to a French gay magazine, wrote in her defense: 'Apart from my husband - who maybe will cross over one day as well - I am entirely surrounded by homos. GAY can mean: Gay, a term referring to homosexual men or women The IATA code for Gaya Airport Category: ...

On 10 June 2004 Bardot was convicted by a French court of 'inciting racial hatred and fined 5,000 €, the fourth such conviction/fine she has faced from French courts. The courts cited passages where Bardot referred to the "Islamization of France" and the "underground and dangerous infiltration of Islam",^[6] her descriptions of France's Muslim community, the largest in Europe. In the book she also referred to tranvestites as 'fairground freaks' and she questioned the presence of women in government. is the 161st day of the year (162nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ... Estimates of the number of Muslims in France vary widely. ...

Popular Culture

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In addition to popularizing the bikini swimming suit, Bardot has also been credited for popularizing Saint Tropez. Photos of her in her later years have also been utilized to warn against the dangers of excessive exposure to the sun.^[7] Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Saint-Tropez is a commune of the Var département in southern France, located on the French Riviera. ...

In the Stephen King's book "Hearts in Atlantis", she is the one that appears on Bobby's mind when he and Ted see the big car outside the restaurant. She also appears on a wallpaper in a cinema.

Refrenced in the songs "We Didn't Start the Fire" (Billy Joel), "I Shall Be Free" (Bob Dylan), and "Warlocks" (Red Hot Chili Peppers). William Martin Billy Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, pianist, songwriter, composer and musician. ... This article is about the recording artist. ... Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983. ...

Quotation

• "She is the princess of pout, the countess of come hither. Brigitte Bardot exuded a carefree, naïve sexuality that brought a whole new audience to French films." Time magazine

• Brigitte Bardot was the first feminist pinup. A tiny wisp of French delinquency, with a delicious smile, she stole all the world's sexual thunder; a James Dean in a bikini. "She may have been portrayed as a beautiful sex object," noted Jane Fonda, "but Brigitte Bardot rules the roost. She kicked out any man she was tired of and invited any man she wanted. She lived like a man in Vadim's films."

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Citations

• On the French national TV channel France 3, interview by Marc-Olivier Fogiel in 2003, Brigitte Bardot firmly stated that illegal immigrants were transforming churches "into real human pigsties" during their protest.

• Interviewed in the French daily newspaper Le Figaro (April 26, 1996), she says "And now my country, France, my homeland, my fatherland is again invaded, with the blessing of our successive governments, by overpopulated foreigners, mostly Muslims, to which we provide an oath of allegiance. [...] Years passing by, we assist to a blossom of mosques everywhere in France, though our churches become silent, lacking of priests." Bardot was condemned in 2004 for similar statements in her book Un cri dans le silence.

• In her book Un cri dans le silence (A cry in the silence), she affirms that unemployed people are "lazy bums".

Le Figaro (English: ) is one of the leading French morning daily newspapers. ... The Masjid al-Haram in Mecca as it exists today A mosque is a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith. ...

Filmography

Royal Affairs in Versailles is a 1954 film directed by Sacha Guitry, and starring Michel Auclair and Jean-Pierre Aumont. ... Helen of Troy is a 1956 Warner Bros. ... And God Created Woman (French: Et Dieu. ... The Night Heaven Fell (Les bijoutiers du claire de lune) is a 1958 French film directed by Roger Vadim. ... Please, Not Now! (original French title Bride sur le cou, La, is a French comedy film released in 1961, directed by Roger Vadim (And God Created Woman). ... A Very Private Affair (French: Vie privée) is a 1962 French film directed by Louis Malle and starring Brigitte Bardot. ... Contempt (original French title Le Mépris, Italian title Il Disprezzo) is a film released in 1963, directed by Jean-Luc Godard. ... Dear Brigitte is a 1965 family-comedy starring James Stewart and directed by Henry Koster. ... Viva Maria! is a 1965 comedy-adventure film staring Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau both named Maria who meet and become revolutionaries. ... American International Pictures distributed this horror anthology film featuring three stories by Edgar Allan Poe directed by European directors including Louis Malle and Federico Fellini. ... Shalako is a 1968 Western film starring Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot. ... Film Portrait was a 1970 full-length autobiographical movie directed by, and about the life of, Minnesotan film-maker and artist, Jerome Hill. ...

Discography

Compilation

• Best Of BB (1998, Philips/Mercury) 1963-1973

Box Set

• Initiales B.B. (1993, 3CDs, Philips/Mercury) 1962-1973/1982

References

• Fondation Brigitte Bardot
• Brigitte Bardot at the Internet Movie Database

1. ^ http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/brigitte_bardot
2. ^ http://www.dailycelebrations.com/092800.htm
3. ^ Jonathan Benthall Animal liberation and rights Anthropology Today Volume 23 Issue 2 Page 1 - April 2007
4. ^ http://thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/830:112/1/Brigitte_Bardot.htm
5. ^ http://www.fondationbrigittebardot.fr/site/fbb_a.php?IdPere=&Id=314
6. ^ http://www.indybay.org/news/2003/05/1610376.php
7. ^ [1]

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Literature

• Brigitte Tast, Hans-Jürgen Tast (Hrsg.) Brigitte Bardot. Filme 1953-1961. Anfänge des Mythos B.B. (Hildesheim 1982) ISBN 3-88842-109-8.

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