Brigitte Bardot, icon of French cinema, dies
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Brigitte Bardot's last public appearance before her death took place in 2024, when she was photographed in her car in France on Sept. 28 — her 90th birthday. The actress and model's foundation announced her death at age 91 on Sunday,
Bardot is survived by one adult child, Nicolas, with whom she had a complicated, estranged relationship. Here is where Nicolas is today and why the mother and son shared a strained bond.
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot was born in 1934 in the seizième, in Paris, not too far from the Eiffel Tower. Her family was well-connected, straight-laced, and Catholic. Louis Bardot, her father, was a well-to-do businessman. Her mother, who had been a model known as “Toty,” didn’t much care for her daughters, Brigitte and her younger sister, Mijanou.
In 'And God Created Woman' and 'Contempt,' Brigitte Bardot projected a bold new image of feminine identity and erotic power.
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