Brigitte Bardot
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.
133 acting credits
Acting · 133
Champs-Elysées
1982
Sacrée soirée
1987
Vivement dimanche
1998
Spécial cinéma
1974
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Discorama
1959
Cinépanorama
1956
Seitenblicke
1987
30 millions d'amis
1976
Reflets de Cannes
1954
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
1976
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
Treffpunkte
1970
Contempt
1963
Helen of Troy
1956
...And God Created Woman
1956
Shalako
1968
Famous T & A
1982
Rum Runners
1971
The Legend of Frenchie King
1971
Spirits of the Dead
1968
Masculin Féminin
1966
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
2007
Agent 38-24-36
1964
Viva Maria!
1965
The Truth
1960
Bardot
2025
Caroline and the Rebels
1955
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
The Vixen
1969
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003
Report Mainz
1963
Royal Affairs in Versailles
1953
A Very Private Affair
1962
Plucking the Daisy
1956
Oh Les Filles!
2019
Testament of Orpheus
1960
Love on a Pillow
1962
La Parisienne
1957
The Grand Manoeuvre
1955
That Naughty Girl
1956
Love Is My Profession
1958
Spanish Western
2015
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman
1973
The Night Heaven Fell
1958
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006
Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite
2017
Soul Boys of the Western World
2014
Come Dance with Me!
1959
Please, Not Now!
1961
Mondo Hollywood
1967
Heart of the Festival
2002
Along the Coast
1958
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Dear Brigitte
1965
School for Love
1955
Godard Cinema
2023
Nero's Mistress
1956
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
1973
The Novices
1970
Electric Blue 006
1981
Manina, the Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter
1952
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
2022
Night of Love
1954
Doctor at Sea
1955
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
2018
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022
Beautiful Like a Poem
2020
Zwischen Glück und Krone
1959
Bert Stern - Original Madman
2011
Brunes et Blondes
2010
Citizen Jane Fonda
2020
Famous Love Affairs
1961
Vadim Mister Cool
2016
Trintignant by Trintignant
2021
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Les Scandaleuses
2024
Babette Goes to War
1959
That's Sexploitation!
2013
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
Gainsbourg, toute une vie
2021
Act of Love
1953
The Summer of Love
2017
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
2019
Gainsbourg and His Girls
2010
French Beauty
2005
Show Bardot
1968
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
2022
Her Bridal Night
1956
Les Dents longues
1953
The Bardot mystery
2012
Two Weeks in September
1967
Paparazzi
1964
Lafayette: The Lost Hero
2010
The Bear and the Doll
1970
Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune
2021
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
2021
A Woman Like Satan
1958
Once Upon a Time… Contempt
2009
It Happened All Night
1960
Jean-Louis Trintignant - Mystérieux et insaisissable
2022
Lykke og krone
1962
Brigitte Bardot, rebel with a cause
2019
Crazy for Love
1952
French Love
1998
Doris Day: It's Magic
1998
Hollywood Invasion
2011
Lino Ventura, la part intime
2018
His Father's Portrait
1953
A Night at the Opera
2020
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables
2021
Forbidden Temptations
1965
Electric Blue 22
1986
Marie Soleil
1964
Bardot, The Misunderstanding
2013
Bardot et Godard
1964
The Passions of Louis Malle
2003
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
2009
The Light Across the Street
1955
Brigitte Bardot : Divine B.B.
2004
The truth about Brigitte Bardot
2014
Mag Bodard, un destin
2005
Culture Club: Greatest Hits
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She's French
2018
Brigitte Bardot confidentiel
2022
Coming Apart
2017
Sant'Anna dos Pescadores
1993
Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman
2016
Matalon Directs Bardot
1968
De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre 1958-1991
2000
Brigitte Bardot, the rebel
2022
Bardot Amoureuse
2017