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Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s sex symbol who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later a militant animal rights activist, has died
At the height of a cinema career that spanned some 28 films and three marriages, Brigitte Bardot came to symbolize a nation bursting out of bourgeois respectability.
“And God Created Woman” made her a world-famous sex symbol in the 1950s. She later gave up acting to devote her life to animal welfare.
Actor reshaped French cinema before retreating from global fame into animal rights activism and far-right politics.
Screen siren Brigitte Bardot, whose portrayals of free-spirited ingenues made her an international sex symbol and the pride of France, and who turned her back on movie stardom in 1973 to become an animal rights activist, has died, according to French media and Associated Press
