Brigitte Bardot: biography, filmography and personal life of the actress

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Legendary French film actress Brigitte Bardot (full name Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot) was born on September 28, 1934 in Paris. Parents, Louis Bardot and Anna-Maria Musel, tried to introduce Brigitte and her younger sister Jeanne to dance. The girls willingly engaged in choreography, learned French and German dance performances. However, Jeanne soon abandoned her classes, as she was more drawn to the exact sciences, mathematics and physics. Brigitte continued to study and dreamed of becoming a ballerina. The girl had a natural grace and was very plastic.

Podium and Vadim Roger

When Brigitte was 13 years old, she successfully passed the entrance exams to the Academy of Dance and was enrolled in a ballet art course taught by the wonderful Russian choreographer Boris Knyazev.

Studying the art of dance, Brigitte tried to find an application for her talents in everyday life. In 1949, she began to appear on the catwalk in fashion shows, and later she was invited to a photo shoot for the French magazine Fashion Garden. A year later, photos of Brigitte Bardot appeared in the popular glossy magazine ELLE. It was then that a young aspiring film director Roger Vadim noticed her. He showed a photo of the girl to his friend, a more experienced director Mark Allegre, and he did not hesitate to invite Brigitte to screen tests.

Movie debut

The film debut of Bardot took place in 1952 in the film "Normandy failure", where she played in tandem with Bourvil. In the next four years, the young but already accomplished actress starred in 16 more films, which belonged to the category of low-budget productions and could not have a significant impact on her career growth. Brigitte Bardot, whose films with the participation left much to be desired, was already the wife of a young director Roger Vadim. Thus, in 1953, she ended up at the Cannes Film Festival and met many representatives of French cinema there.

Breakthrough

The year 1956 was the beginning of Brigitte Bardot's dizzying career, she starred in the film "And God Created Woman" as eighteen-year-old Juliette Hardy, who is literally torn between fans. The picture became the directorial debut of Roger Vadim, who tried to create as many shocking episodes as possible during the development of the plot. The scene where a naked Juliette dances on a table infuriated all conservative America, in Europe, too, not everyone liked such a looseness of the director's thought. Many considered the movie the beginning of the sexual revolution. The shocking motion picture really served as an impetus forreassessment of moral values by the American "dream factory".

Hollywood abandoned puritanism in film production, stopped avoiding frivolous scenarios, there were actors and actresses who were ready to act in films with erotic episodes. French actress Brigitte Bardot has become a symbol of sexual freedom in cinema.

In 1959, Brigitte starred in the film "Babette Goes to War" directed by Christian-Jacques. She played Babette, who got a job in a brothel, but due to the outbreak of World War II and the general evacuation, she never took up her duties. However, she still had to work, the girl was assigned to British intelligence, and in the end, Babette and her partner, the French intelligence officer Gerard, were faced with a task of military and political importance.

Main roles

In many films, Brigitte Bardot played the main roles, and her partners were such stars of French cinema as Jean Gabin and Alain Delon, Lino Venturo and Jean Marais. In addition, the actress had a period of cooperation with Hollywood, in 1966 she starred in an American-made film called "Sweet Brigitte" with Jimmy Stewart. Bardo accepted offers from Italian filmmakers. Once her partner on the set was Marcello Mastroianni, and in the film "Oil Producers" in 1971, Brigitte played along with the famous Italian actress Claudia Cardinale.

Filmography

Brigitte Bardot, filmographywhich at that time contained more than 50 paintings, announced her retirement in 1973. The list below shows some of the films from the filmography of the actress:

• Year 1956 - "The bride is too good" directed by Pierre Gaspar Huy / Shushu.
• Year 1957 - "Parisian", directed by Michel Boiron / Brigitte Laurier.
• Year 1958 - "In Case of Misfortune", directed by Claude Autan Lara / Yvette.
• Year 1959 - "The Woman and the Clown", directed by Julien Duvivier / Eva.
• Year 1960 - "The Truth" directed by Henri Georges Clouzot / Domenique.
• Year 1961 - "Famous love stories" directed by M. Boiron / Agnes.
• Year 1962 - "Warrior's Rest" directed by Roger Vadim / Genevieve.
• Year 1963 - "Contempt", directed by Jean Luc Godard / Camille Javal.
• Year 1964 - "Charming Idiot", directed by Ed. Molinaro / Penelope.
• Year 1965 - "Viva Maria" directed by Louis Malle / Maria.
• Year 1966 - "Male - Feminine", directed by Jean-Luc Godard / Madeleine.
• Year 1967 - "Two weeks in September" directed by Serge Bourguignon / Cecile.
• Year 1968 - "Three Steps Delirious" directed by Louis Malle / Frederica.
• Year 1969 - "Women", directed by Jean Aurel / Clara.
• Year 1970 - "Novices", directed by Claude Chabrol / Agnes.
• Year 1971 - "Rum Boulevard" directed by Robert Enrico / Linda La Rue.
• Year 1972 - "Oil Producers", directorChristian-Jacques / Louise.
• Year 1973 - "Don Giovanni" directed by Roger Vadim / Joanna.

The purpose of the life of the legendary actress

After leaving the cinema, Brigitte retired to her own villa "Madrag" in the city of St. Tropez, on the south coast of France, and devoted her life entirely to protecting animals. The actress succeeded in this noble cause, on her initiative hundreds of shelters were created throughout France for stray dogs. Thanks to her persistent efforts, entire programs are being developed in the government of the country to maintain rare populations of animals and birds. In 1986, Bardo founded the Foundation in her name, the charter of which is written not only for the protection of animals, but also for their well-being. The actress did not realize what a grandiose burden she put on her fragile shoulders, because there are a huge number of animals on earth that need help, and in order to help everyone, millions of investments are needed. However, Brigitte, having an iron character, decided not to back down and solve the Fund's financial issues by all available means.

Brigitte Bardot Foundation

Brigitte created the initial material base by selling her personal belongings at various auctions. The proceeds amounted to three million francs, and the entire amount was focused on the maintenance of shelters, veterinary clinics and even sanatoriums for animals. The activities of the actress sometimes go beyond all boundaries, she is able to undermine the economy of a small country if the government of this state listens to her demands. For example, onceBrigitte appealed to the Prime Minister of Canada with a request to stop hunting for seals. The prime minister's office prudently refrained from meeting with Bardo, otherwise hunting and fishing would have to be canceled, not to mention measures to save the fur-bearing animal. However, the requests of the global animal advocate are often heard, and the Brigitte Bardot Foundation receives impressive amounts of money from time to time.

Animal welfare and political statements

Brigitte Bardot, whose photos in her youth were not much different from those taken in adulthood, began to notice that she had more wrinkles. However, she does not feel old. Brigitte Bardot has enough energy to protect animals and the political struggle. The idol of the actress has always been French President Charles de Gaulle. The last husband of the actress - Bernard d'Ormal - is an active member of the right-wing radical party "National Front". However, Bardo divorced him not because of political differences, but because he was unable to love animals as they deserve. The actress is a fierce champion of the abolition of all Muslim rituals associated with sacrifice. Brigitte is so actively defending her position that she has already been tried several times for inciting hostility towards Islam. Each court session ended with the award of a large fine. The actress pays and immediately makes a new statement.

Islam

The biography of Brigitte Bardot is striking in its diversity, among other things, she writes books in which she raises questions of national andinternational character. At the same time, she is not shy in expressions: “French politicians are something like a weather vane, they turn where the wind blows … In comparison with politicians, French prostitutes know more about what they want …” The actress regularly raises the issue of Islamization threatening France, she counts the mosques built in France in every passing year, calls the people from the Arab countries, living in almost all French cities, a crowd of strangers. In France, there is a "Movement against racism and for friendship between peoples", which is going to once again sue Brigitte Bardot. The Human Rights League is also resisting the onslaught of the actress, who claims: "The French gave their lives pushing out the invaders, what is happening today? New invaders are pushing the French out."

Private life

After her divorce from her first husband, director Roger Vadim, Brigitte Bardot was not alone for long. Actor Jean-Louis Trintignant, the actress's partner in the film "And God Created Woman", was in love with her, and Brigitte eventually reciprocated. Young people lived together for a year and a half. In 1959, Bardot married for the third time, to actor Jacques Charrier. From him she gave birth to a son, Nicolas. After the divorce, the son of Brigitte Bardot and Jacques began to live in the house of Charrier's parents.

Then the actress got together with the musician Sasha Distel, after him with Bob Zaguri, and finally, Serge Gainsbourg became her close friend. The next legal husband of Brigitte was in 1966 the German Günter Sachs,millionaire industrialist. The couple lived for three years and happily divorced. The last marriage of the actress took place in 1992, she agreed to become the wife of Bernard d'Ormal, a politician. After a divorce from him, Brigitte put an end to marriage contracts and began to live in pleasant solitude in her villa.