Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 28, 1934
Died
Dec 28, 2025
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Credits
134 titles
Brigitte Bardot
Biography
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot (September 28, 1934 – December 28, 2025) was a French actress, singer, model and animal rights activist. In her early life, Bardot was an aspiring ballet dancer. She started her acting career in 1952 and, after appearing in 16 films, became world-famous due to her role in her then-husband Roger Vadim's controversial film And God Created Woman. She later starred in Jean-Luc Godard's 1963 cult film, Contempt. She was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for her role in Louis Malle's 1965 film, Viva Maria!. She caught the attention of French intellectuals. She was the subject of Simone de Beauvoir's 1959 essay, The Lolita Syndrome, which described Bardot as a "locomotive of women's history" and built upon existentialist themes to declare her the first and most liberated woman of post-war France. Bardot retired from the entertainment industry in 1973. During her career in show business Bardot starred in 47 films, performed in numerous musical shows, and recorded 80 songs. She was awarded the Légion d'honneur in 1985 but refused to receive it. After her retirement, Bardot established herself as an animal rights activist, but her longstanding support for the far-right and for discrimination against minorities in France showed a constant disdain for human rights instead.
Known For
Filmography
Bardot
Narrator (voice)
Les Scandaleuses
Self
Godard Cinema
Brigitte Bardot confidentiel
Brigitte Bardot, the rebel
self
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
Self (archive footage)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Self (archive footage)
Jean-Louis Trintignant - Mystérieux et insaisissable
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune
Trintignant by Trintignant
Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
Gainsbourg, toute une vie
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables
A Night at the Opera
Self (archive footage)
Citizen Jane Fonda
Beautiful Like a Poem
Self (archive footage)
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Oh Les Filles!
Brigitte Bardot, rebel with a cause
Self
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
Lino Ventura, la part intime
Self (archive footage)
She's French
Coming Apart
(archive footage)
Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite
Self (archive footage)
The Summer of Love
Bardot Amoureuse
Self (archive footage)
Vadim Mister Cool
Self (archive footage)
Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman
Spanish Western
Self (archive footage)
Soul Boys of the Western World
The truth about Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot
Bardot, The Misunderstanding
That's Sexploitation!
Self (archive footage)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
The Bardot mystery
Self
Bert Stern - Original Madman
Hollywood Invasion
Self (archive footage)
Brunes et Blondes
Self
Lafayette: The Lost Hero
Self (archive footage)
Gainsbourg and His Girls
Self - Actress (voice)
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
Hollywood sul Tevere
Once Upon a Time… Contempt
Self
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Mag Bodard, un destin
Self (archive footage)