Brigitte Bardot

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Height:

166 cm

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. 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 Le trou normand (1952). Two more films followed and it was also the same year she married Roger Vadim. She wanted to marry him when she was 17, but her parents quashed any marriage plans until she turned 18. The union lasted less than four years.Capitalizing on her success in French films, Brigitte made her first American production in Un acte d'amour (1953) with Kirk Douglas, but she continued to make films in France. Brigitte's explosive sexuality took the United States by storm, and the effect she had on millions of American men who had not seen a woman like her in a long, long time--if ever--was electric. Rise to the phrase "sex kitten" and fascination of her in the United States 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 Chère Brigitte (1965) with James Stewart (she only appeared in one scene).Just before she turned 40, Brigitte retired from movies after filming L'histoire très bonne et très joyeuse de Colinot Trousse-Chemise (1973). She prefers life outside of stardom. While it enabled her to become internationally famous, it also carried with it annoyances. It was not 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. Brigitte has been married to Bernard d'Ormale since 1992 and they reside in St. Tropez. Show less «

I have always adored beautiful young men. Just because I grow older, my taste doesn't change. So if I can still have them, why not?

If I could do anything about the way people behave towards each other, I would, but since I can't I'll stick to animals.

[when asked what was the best day of her life] It was a night...

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.

I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful, much adulated, very famous and very unhappy.

Men are beasts and even beasts don't behave as they do.

I don't think when I make love.

It is better to be unfaithful than faithful without wanting to be.

[on Sarah Palin] By denying the responsibility of man in global warming, by advocating gun rights and making statements that are disconcerti...Show more »

[on Sarah Palin] By denying the responsibility of man in global warming, by advocating gun rights and making statements that are disconcertingly stupid, you are a disgrace to women and you alone represent a terrible threat, a true environmental catastrophe. Show less «

Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.

I am really a cat transformed into a woman . . . I purr. I scratch. And sometimes I bite.

I gave my youth and beauty to men. Now I'm giving my wisdom and my experience, the better part of me, to animals.

Apart from my husband, I am entirely surrounded by homos. For years, they have been my support, my friends, my adopted children, my confidan...Show more »

Apart from my husband, I am entirely surrounded by homos. For years, they have been my support, my friends, my adopted children, my confidants. Show less «

[on retiring from showbusiness at 39] I tried to make myself as pretty as possible and even then I thought I was ugly. I found it madly diff...Show more »

[on retiring from showbusiness at 39] I tried to make myself as pretty as possible and even then I thought I was ugly. I found it madly difficult to go out, to show myself. I was afraid of not living up to what people expected me to be. Show less «

I can no longer walk. I can no longer swim. But I'm lucky when I see how animals suffer. Suddenly, I discover that I have nothing to complai...Show more »

I can no longer walk. I can no longer swim. But I'm lucky when I see how animals suffer. Suddenly, I discover that I have nothing to complain. Show less «

I have a slight despising for humanity in general.

I am greatly misunderstood by politically correct idiots. Politics disgusts me.

There are many new languages in the new Europe. Mediocrity is taking over from beauty and splendor. There are many people who are filthy, ba...Show more »

There are many new languages in the new Europe. Mediocrity is taking over from beauty and splendor. There are many people who are filthy, badly dressed and badly shaven. Show less «

[on Muslims in France] I am fed up with being under the thumb of this population which is destroying us, destroying our country and imposing...Show more »

[on Muslims in France] I am fed up with being under the thumb of this population which is destroying us, destroying our country and imposing its acts. Show less «

I am against violence. I'm a hippie girl.

I am against the Islamisation of France! This obligatory allegiance, this forced submission disgusts me.... Our ancestors, the elderly, our ...Show more »

I am against the Islamisation of France! This obligatory allegiance, this forced submission disgusts me.... Our ancestors, the elderly, our grandfathers, our fathers have for centuries given their lives to push out successive invaders. Show less «

I felt like a stranger in my parents' house. I was shy and had dreadful complexes as a child. I always thought I was ugly, and at first the ...Show more »

I felt like a stranger in my parents' house. I was shy and had dreadful complexes as a child. I always thought I was ugly, and at first the critics agreed with me. They said I looked like a common maid; they said I was 'ordinary,' which is much worse than vulgar. Show less «

I really wanted to die at certain periods in my life. Death was like love, a romantic escape. I took pills because I didn't want to throw my...Show more »

I really wanted to die at certain periods in my life. Death was like love, a romantic escape. I took pills because I didn't want to throw myself off my balcony and know people would photograph me lying dead below. Show less «

[about the #MeToo movement, January 2018] In the vast majority of cases they are being hypocritical, ridiculous, uninteresting. There are ma...Show more »

[about the #MeToo movement, January 2018] In the vast majority of cases they are being hypocritical, ridiculous, uninteresting. There are many actresses who flirt with producers in order to get a role. Then, in order to be talked about, they will say they have been harassed. In reality, rather than benefiting them, it harms them. Show less «

Me, I was never the victim of sexual harassment and I found it charming when I was told that I was beautiful or I had a nice little backside...Show more »

Me, I was never the victim of sexual harassment and I found it charming when I was told that I was beautiful or I had a nice little backside. This kind of compliment is nice. Show less «