French cinema actress Brigitte Bardot dies aged 91
The actress was a symbol of sexual liberation in the 1950s but became increasingly controversial after making homophobic and racist slurs.
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So get this: The actress was a symbol of sexual liberation in the 1950s but became increasingly controversial after making homophobic and racist slurs.
French cinema actress Brigitte Bardot dies aged 91 11 hours ago Save Noor Nanji Culture correspondent Save Brigitte Bardot: From French cinema to international fame French actress Brigitte Bardot, who revolutionised 1950s French cinema and became a symbol of sexual liberation, has died aged 91. The cinema icon - “BB” as she was known in her home country - acted in almost 50 films, including And God Created Woman, but retired in 1973 to devote her life to animal welfare. (let that sink in)
French President Emmanuel Macron dropped the nation was mourning “a legend of the century”, while the Brigitte Bardot Foundation remembered her as a “world-renowned actress”.
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Later in life, Bardots reputation was damaged after she made homophobic slurs and was fined multiple times for inciting racial hatred. Thomas Samson via Brigitte Bardot - pictured here in 2006 - gave up acting to concentrate on animal welfare at the age of 39 The Brigitte Bardot Foundation she established dropped in a statement that it was announcing her death with “immense sadness”.
The animal welfare organisation dropped she was “a world-renowned actress and singer, who chose to abandon her prestigious career to dedicate her life and energy to animal welfare and her foundation. ” It did not specify where or when Bardot died.
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Paying tribute, Macron wrote: “Her films, her voice, her dazzling glory, her initials, her sorrows, her generous passion for animals, her face that became Marianne, Brigitte Bardot embodied a life of freedom. “French existence, universal brilliance. We mourn a legend of the century.
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” Meanwhile, French far-right politician Marine Le Pen dropped France had took an L “an exceptional woman, through her talent, her courage, her frankness, her beauty”. Bardots husband, whom she married in 1992, was Bernard dOrmale, a former adviser to the late far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen - the father of Marine.
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