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- Name: Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot
- Nickname: BB
- Born: September 28, 1934
- Birthplace: Paris, France
- Retired from acting in 1973
- Married 4 times
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Brigitte Bardot is an international film star, singer, model and animal rights activist.
Along with Marilyn Monroe, Bardot is often considered to be one of the quintessential female sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s.
Provoking Discrimination
Controversy has surrounded Bardot in the last few years due to her outspoken views on Muslims and homosexuals. She has been charged and fined 5 times since 1997 for "inciting racial hatred" based on comments she has made in magazine articles, books and public appearances.Race Case Conviction
On June 2, 2008, Bardot was convicted of provoking discrimination. The charge stemmed from a 2006 letter she wrote a letter to Nicolas Sarkozy, and then published it in her foundations quarterly journal. She was fined $23,000.Film Career
The French-born starlet burst onto the scene in 1952 in the comedy Le Trou Normand (Crazy for Love) and went on to star in a number of comedies and romantic dramas over the next few years. As French New Wave Cinema started to grow in popularity during the mid-1950s, Bardot began to take on more challenging roles that showcased her acting abilities - such as the 1956 film And God Created Woman.Other Projects
Apart from her acting, Bardot also performed on various musical variety shows and recorded a number of albums of popular songs - with frequent collaborator Serge Gainsbourg.In 1973, Bardot announced that she was retiring from the film industry in order to spend more time focusing on her activism and animal rights work.
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Brigitte Bardot Questions
Why is Fred Astaire number 1 on IMDB? 3 AnswersI notice they seem to be in alphabetical order. It might have something to do with how the first batch of data was loaded onto the system, with a selection of t... read more
What are the most interesting celebrity lookalikes around? 2 AnswersActually the drummer for the Red Hot Chilli Peppers looks like Will Ferrell. http://www.blogcdn.com/www.spinner.com/media/2009/08/chad-smith-will-ferrell-200-0... read more -
Brigitte Bardot Timeline
- Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
- September 28, 1934: Born in Paris, France
- 1952: Stars in Le Trou Normand
- 1952: Marries director Roger Vadim
- 1956: Stars in And God Created Woman
- 1957: Divorces Vadim
- 1959: Marries actor Jacques Charrier
- 1960: Gives birth to son Nicolas-Jacques Charrier
- 1963: Stars in the Jean-Luc Godard movie Contempt
- 1973: Announces her retirement from acting
- 1986: Establishes the Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the Welfare and Protection of Animals
- 1997: Convicted of "inciting racial hatred" and fined after comments about gays and Muslims
- 2008: Charged for the 5th time for "inciting racial hatred"
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HOT: Brigitte Bardot - B.B. [2 CD] [320kbps]: http://i40.tinypic.com/244wu4z.jpg Brigitte Bardot - B.B. cd 1 @ 320 01. http://bit.ly/8H4Yam
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Thank you, Brigitte Bardot, for this sentence: ''Thousands of terrified buffaloes will have their heads cut off by drunken devotees"
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estos ultimos día he estado obsesionado escuchando a brigitte bardot y a jane birkin
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@FiMattheis Oi Fi... Se ver isso d dia, bom dia! :D Olhei o seu blog e achei q em cima no título... vc estah parecida com a Brigitte Bardot.
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後加工の特殊効果も無し、セットのマテリアル系だけで表現する当時の意気込みは凄い。今だとCGでモニタ表現とかになるのかな。 Brigitte Bardot - Contact - 1968... ♫ http://blip.fm/~gq93l
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