French actor Brigitte Bardot, known for And God Created Woman, dies at 91
Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s actor-singer-model, who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later an animal rights activist, has died. She was 91. Brigitte Bardot had been hospitalised last month.(AP) Bruno Jacquelin, of the Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the protection of animals, told The Associated Press that she died at her home in southern France, and would not provide a cause of death. He said no arrangements have yet been made for funeral or memorial services. She had been hospitalised last month. Brigitte became an international celebrity as a sexualized teen bride in the 1956 movie And God Created Woman. Directed by her then-husband, Roger Vadim, it triggered a scandal with scenes of the long-legged beauty dancing on tables naked. At the height of a cinema career that spanned some 28 films and three marriages, Brigitte came to symbolise a nation bursting out of bourgeois respectability. Her tousled, blond hair, voluptuous figure and pouty irreverence made her one of France’s best-known stars. Such was her widespread appeal that in …
