Brigitte Bardot
Acting
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot (September 28, 1934 – December 28, 2025) was a French actress, singer, model and animal rights activist.
In her early life, Bardot was an aspiring ballet dancer. She started her acting career in 1952 and, after appearing in 16 films, became world-famous due to her role in her then-husband Roger Vadim's controversial film And God Created Woman. She later starred in Jean-Luc Godard's 1963 cult film, Contempt. She was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for her role in Louis Malle's 1965 film, Viva Maria!.
She caught the attention of French intellectuals. She was the subject of Simone de Beauvoir's 1959 essay, The Lolita Syndrome, which described Bardot as a "locomotive of women's history" and built upon existentialist themes to declare her the first and most liberated woman of post-war France.
Bardot retired from the entertainment industry in 1973. During her career in show business Bardot starred in 47 films, performed in numerous musical shows, and recorded 80 songs. She was awarded the Légion d'honneur in 1985 but refused to receive it.
After her retirement, Bardot established herself as an animal rights activist, but her longstanding support for the far-right and for discrimination against minorities in France showed a constant disdain for human rights instead.
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Brigitte Bardot
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Filmography of
Brigitte Bardot
Narrator (voice)
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Self
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Self (archive footage)
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Self (archive footage)
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Self (archive footage)
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Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
... 2019
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Self - Actress (archive footage)
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Self (archive footage)
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Brigitte Bardot
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Self (archive footage)
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Self
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Self (archive footage)
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Self
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Self (archive footage)
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Self - Actress (voice)
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Self - Actress (archive footage)
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Self (archive footage)
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Self
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Herself
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Self - Interviewee
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Self (archive footage)
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Self (archive footage)
... 1993
Herself (archive footage)
... 1986
Jeanne (archive footage)
... 1982
Self (archive footage)
... 1981
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Louise 'Frenchie King' Miller
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Linda Larue
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Agnès
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Felicia
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Clara
... 1969
Countess Irina Lazaar
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Self
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Giuseppina (segment "William Wilson")
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Cecile
... 1967
Brigitte Bardot (uncredited)
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Maria I
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Brigitte Bardot
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Herself
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Self
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Self
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Penelope 'Penny' Lightfeather
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Camille Javal
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Geneviève Le Theil
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Agnès Bernauer
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Sophie
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Dominique Marceau
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Brigitte Bardot
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Elle-même (non crédité)
... 1960
Virginie Dandieu
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Babette
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Eva Marchand
... 1958
Self (archive footage)
... 1958
Yvette Maudet
... 1958
Ursula Desfontaines
... 1958
Brigitte Laurier
... 1957
Juliette Hardy
... 1956
Chouchou
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Poppea
... 1956
Agnès Dumont
... 1956
Brigitte Latour
... 1956
Andraste
... 1956
Olivia Marceau
... 1955
Lucie
... 1955
Helene Colbert
... 1955
Sophie Dimater
... 1955
Pilar d'Aranda
... 1955
Anna
... 1954
Mimi
... 1953
Miss de Rosille
... 1953
Dominique Dupond-Durand, la demi-sœur de Paul
... 1953
la femme du témoin au mariage (uncredited)
... 1953
... 1952
Javotte Lemoine, fille d'Augustine, cousine d'Hippolyte
... 1952
Brigitte Bardot