PARIS – French actress, singer and icon of world cinema Brigitte Bardot has died at the age of 91. Her death was reported by AFP, citing the Brigitte Bardot Foundation, which had long managed her public activities and charitable work. According to available information, the actress had been recovering from a hospital stay in recent weeks, but her health had been fragile for a long time.
Brigitte Bardot was one of the most prominent figures in French and world culture in the second half of the 20th century. She rose to fame in the 1950s and 1960s, when she became a symbol of female emancipation, freedom and a new film aesthetic. The turning point in her career came with the film And God Created Woman by director Roger Vadim, which made her an international star and fashion icon of her time.
During her acting career, she starred in dozens of films and collaborated with leading European directors. However, at a relatively young age, she decided to leave the film world and devote herself exclusively to animal welfare. In 1986, she founded the Brigitte Bardot Foundation, which focuses on combating animal cruelty and promoting animal rights around the world.
Her later life was also marked by controversy, particularly due to her political statements, yet she remained a prominent and unmissable figure in French public debate. The death of Brigitte Bardot marks the end of an important chapter in European cultural history. However, her legacy will live on not only through her films, but also in the field of animal welfare, to which she devoted the last decades of her life.
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