Birth name: Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot
Date of Birth: September 28, 1934
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Nationality: French
Occupation: Actress, model, singer, animal rights activist
Height: 5 ft 6 in; 1.70 m
Measurements: 92-50-89 (cm); 36B-20-35 (in)
Brigitte Bardot in one sentence – BB is one of the most beautiful women in the film history.
Quotes:
I have always adored beautiful young men. Just because I grow older, my taste doesn’t change. So if I can still have them, why not?
Men are beasts and even beasts don’t behave as they do.
On experience: Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.
If I could do anything about the way people behave towards each other, I would, but since I can’t I’ll stick to animals.
Interesting Facts
Bardot starred in 47 films, performed in numerous musical shows, and recorded 80 songs. She is officially considered as one of the most beautiful actresses of all times.
BB is a passionate Animal rights activist (she is one of the leading animal rights activists in the world and the head of “Foundation Brigitte Bardot”)
Recorded many popular songs in the 1960s and 1970s.
She was the subject of Simone de Beauvoir’s 1959 essay, The Lolita Syndrome.
Bardot is recognized for popularizing bikini swimwear in early films.
Bardot was idolized by young John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
She was the subject for an Andy Warhol painting.
She was married and divorced three times before marrying her fourth husband Bernard d’Ormale to whom she’s been married to for almost 20 years (since 1992).
Retired from acting in 1973 at the age of 39.
Breast cancer survivor. When she had breast cancer, she first refused treatment believing it was her fate but later she decided to confront her illness and she was victorious.
In 2007 she was named among Empire magazine’s 100 most beautiful Film Stars.
Go to Brigitte Bardot Gallery or to Beautiful French Women
Always remember that true beauty comes from within.