Brigitte Bardot laid to rest in funeral ceremony broadcast across Saint-Tropez

"Brigitte Bardot, the film star turned animal rights activist, will be laid to rest in her home town of Saint-Tropez on Wednesday during a funeral attended by her favourite politician, the far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Bardot died at her La Madrague villa on 28 December aged 91. Her funeral, which is being broadcast on large screens across the town, is being held at the Notre-Dame de l'Assomption church."

"Speaking before the service, her husband, Bernard d'Ormale, said Bardot had died of cancer. Without specifying the type of cancer, d'Ormale told Paris Match his wife had dealt very well with two operations before the disease took her last month. Bardot shot to international fame in the 1950s and was credited for revolutionising French cinema with films such as And God Created Woman, while defying tradition to become a symbol of sexual liberation."

Brigitte Bardot died at her La Madrague villa on 28 December aged 91 and was buried in Saint-Tropez at the Notre-Dame de l'Assomption church. Her husband Bernard d'Ormale said she died of cancer after two operations. Bardot rose to international fame in the 1950s, credited with revolutionising French cinema in films such as And God Created Woman and becoming a symbol of sexual liberation. She retired from acting in the 1970s and became an outspoken animal rights campaigner. In later life she became politically active on the far right, was convicted five times for hate speech, and publicly supported Marine Le Pen's anti-immigration stance. Her funeral procession passed through the Place des Lices and the port as a Maria Callas song played, and the ceremony was screened across the town.

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