"An icon of French cinema and one of the country's most famous stars, Brigitte Bardot has died at the age of 91. Often referred to simply by her initials, BB was considered both a feminist and a femme fatale but controversy was also part of her life. Born the daughter of an industrialist in Paris on September 28, 1934, Brigitte Bardot was discovered as a model at the age of 15."
"Bardot started appearing in films at age 18, but international interest was first piqued in Roger Vadim's 1956 romantic drama "And God Created Woman." In the film, she portrayed a liberated young woman in a respectable beachside town. In the US, the film was deemed too shocking to be screened; theater managers who showed it were arrested. But that helped rather than hindered the movie's success, and Bardot became an international star."
Brigitte Bardot, born September 28, 1934, rose from modeling at 15 to become a defining figure of French cinema and fashion after dyeing her hair blonde. She began acting at 18 and achieved international fame with Roger Vadim's 1956 film And God Created Woman, which was controversial in the United States and amplified her stardom. Bardot starred in over 40 films, recorded popular songs with Serge Gainsbourg and Sacha Distel, and served as a muse for designers such as Dior and Balmain. Her personal life and public statements provoked debate even as she came to symbolize sexual liberation; Simone de Beauvoir called her a "locomotive of women's history" and the most liberated woman of postwar France.
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