"She posed for the cover of Elle at 15 and made her acting debut two years later, in the comedy Le Trou Normand. Throughout the '50s, her appearance in risqué French films, some directed by then-husband Roger Vadim, endeared her to future giants of the nouvelle vague. Among them were Jean-Luc Godard, who cast her in his 1963 film Contempt, and new-wave godfather Louis Malle, whose Viva Maria! starred Bardot alongside Jeanne Moreau."
"Bardot started releasing music in the '60s, collaborating with Bob Zagury, Sacha Distel, and, most sensationally, Serge Gainsbourg. Late in the decade, amid a scandalous affair conducted during her third marriage, Bardot and Gainsbourg released the classic duets "Comic Strip" and "Bonnie and Clyde." A 1968 album, Bonnie and Clyde, compiled her recordings of various Gainsbourg numbers. In 1973, Bardot announced her retirement from the entertainment industry, after which she became a prominent animal rights activist."
Brigitte Bardot was born in Paris in 1934, trained as a ballerina, and began modeling and acting in her teens. She rose to prominence in the 1950s through risqué French films and collaborations with directors like Roger Vadim, Jean-Luc Godard and Louis Malle. In the 1960s she recorded music with figures including Serge Gainsbourg, releasing duets and a 1968 album. She retired from entertainment in 1973 and founded the Fondation Brigitte Bardot in 1986 to promote animal welfare. Later decades included multiple fines for Islamophobic remarks and endorsements of far-right figures; no cause or date of death was given.
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