French film legend Brigitte Bardot dies
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In 'And God Created Woman' and 'Contempt,' Brigitte Bardot projected a bold new image of feminine identity and erotic power.
Movie star Brigitte Bardot has died at age 91. The actress and one-time sex symbol later became an animal rights activist with far-right political views.
Brigitte Bardot became a global sex symbol, then an animal-rights crusader, while courting far-right controversy in France.
Brigitte Bardot, who has died at 91, often said that the hounding she received from the world's press in her years as a sex symbol of the 1960s made her identify with hunted and abused animals.