Brigitte Bardot was born on September 28, 1934, in Paris, France. Her father had an engineering degree and worked with his father in the family business. Her mother was 14 years younger than Brigitte's father and they married in 1933. Brigitte's mother encouraged her daughter to take up music and dance, and she proved to be very adept at it. By the time she was 15 Brigitte was trying a modeling career, and found herself in the French magazine "Elle". Her incredible beauty readily apparent, Brigitte next tried films. In 1952 she appeared on screen for the first time as Javotte Lemoine in Crazy for Love. Two more films followed and it was also the same year she married Roger Vadim. The two had known each other years earlier and she wanted to marry him when she was 17, but her parents quashed any marriage plans until she turned 18. The union lasted only five years. Capitalizing on her success in French films, she made her first US production in 1953 in Act of Love with Kirk Douglas, but she continued to make films in France. Brigitte's explosive sexuality took the US by storm, and the effect she had on millions of American men who hadn't seen a woman like her in a long, long time--if ever--was electric. took the US by storm, her explosive sexuality being unlike anything seen in the US since the days of the "flapper" in the 1920s. rise to the phrase "sex kitten" and fascination of her in the US consisted of magazines photographs and dubbed over French films--good, bad or indifferent, her films drew audiences--mainly men--into theaters like lemmings. In 1965 she appeared as herself in the American-made Dear Brigitte with James Stewart (she only appeared in one scene). Just before she turned 40, Brigitte retired from movies after filming The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot. She prefers life outside of stardom. While it enabled her to become internationally famous, it also carried with it annoyances. It wasn't anything for her to have "fans" enter her house or wander around the grounds of her home in the hopes of getting a glimpse of her or to take something that belonged to her. Paparazzi constantly hounded her with their cameras. She has been so soft-hearted that some people even have taken advantage of her generosity. After her life in the spotlight, Brigitte went on to become a leading spokesperson for animal rights and started the "Foundation Brigitte Bardot" dedicated solely to that cause. Her work in that realm is, perhaps, far greater than any film she could have made.



Voulez-vous danser avec moi? (1959): $200,000
En cas de malheur (1958): $75,000
Une parisienne (1957): $25,000
Et Dieu... créa la femme (1956): $15,000

Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#9) (1995). Mother of Nicholas-Jacques Charrier (b. 11 January, 1960). Retired from acting in 1973 at the age of 39 and has since been involved with various animal rights causes. Recorded many popular songs in the 1960s and 1970s. Animal rights activist. She can be seen on the sleeve of the album "Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors" by former Marillion singer Fish. She is also mentioned in his song "Big Wedge". Measurements: 35-1/2B-19-35 (officially measured October 1958), 36B-20-35 (filming Et Dieu... créa la femme (1956)) (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine). Good friends with French actor Alain Delon. She has two granddaughters from his son Nichola's marriage to Anna Bjerkan, daughter of a Norwegian diplomat: Anna (born in 1985) and Thea (born in 1990). Sister of Mijanou Bardot (real name Marie-Jeanne Bardot, b. 1938). Recorded a special audio performance for the classic "Velveteen Rabbit", produced by Pierre Patrick for Connecticut Family Theatre (2007). Was also romantically linked to actors Jean-Louis Trintignant and Sami Frey, singers Gilbert Bécaud, Serge Gainsbourg and Sacha Distel, writer John Gilmore and sculptor Miroslaw Brozek. Once castrated a neighbor's donkey. The Brazilian city of Búzios erected a statue of hers in honor of her influence in popularizing the city. Was born at 5 place Violet in the 15th district of Paris. Owns homes in Saint-Tropez, Yvelines and Paris. Mentioned in the 1995 'Stardust' single by Menswear (her name is rhymed with 'bravado'). In 1994, scandalized by Sophia Loren's posing in furs in several printed ads for the Italian fur tailor company Annabella, she published an open letter to Sophia Loren, where she accused her acting contemporary of selling her name and her image 'to the most despicable of all advertising: promotion of furs'. It is, said Bardot, 'degrading, repugnant, lamentable and unworthy to accept money stained with the blood of animals'. Loren, added France's leading animal-rights campaigner, should boycott 'this abominable trade' and 'never forget that wearing a fur is wearing a cemetery on your back'. Loren, on holiday at the time, did not responded. Prior to her worldwide breakthrough in And God Created Woman (1958), while still a starlet, Brigitte was a familiar in many Italian movies. She once shared a hotel room in Rome with Ursula Andress. It is mentioned in her autobiography. About this she recalled if only producers knew of it they would have think twice about their way of treating us back then.