"Bardot became an international celebrity as a sexualized teen bride in the 1956 movie "And God Created Woman." Directed by her then-husband, Roger Vadim, it triggered a scandal with scenes of the long-legged beauty dancing on tables naked. At the height of a cinema career that spanned some 28 films and three marriages, Bardot came to symbolize a nation bursting out of bourgeois respectability. Her tousled, blond hair, voluptuous figure and pouty irreverence made her one of France's best-known stars."
"Bardot's second career as an animal rights activist was equally sensational. She traveled to the Arctic to blow the whistle on the slaughter of baby seals; she condemned the use of animals in laboratory experiments; and she opposed Muslim slaughter rituals. "Man is an insatiable predator," Bardot told The Associated Press on her 73rd birthday, in 2007. "I don't care about my past glory. That means nothing in the face of an animal that suffers, since it has no power, no words to defend itself.""
Brigitte Bardot died at age 91 at her home in southern France; no cause of death or funeral arrangements were announced. She rose to international fame as a sexualized teen bride in the 1956 film And God Created Woman, directed by Roger Vadim, provoking scandal with nude scenes. Her 28-film career and public image—tousled blond hair, voluptuous figure and pouty irreverence—made her a symbol of France’s break from bourgeois respectability and the model for Marianne. Bardot later became a militant animal-rights activist, protesting seal slaughter, animal testing and certain slaughter rituals, and received the Legion of Honor in 1985.
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