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3	->''"I knew I had to be the best at something, otherwise I would be nothing. I knew I wanted the world to know about Brigitte Bardot."''
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5	Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot (born September 28, 1934 in Paris) is a French former actress/singer/model, [[MsFanservice sex symbol]] and activist.
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7	Bardot was ''very'' popular in her time, and still is an icon comparable to Creator/MarilynMonroe in France. She was one of the few European actresses to receive attention in America back in her day, although her poor English skills ultimately limited her contact with Hollywood (not that she was particularly interested in working there). Bardot is also one of the few people [[OnlyKnownByInitials whose initials were once enough to identify them]]; if you said ''B.B.'' in the [[TheFifties '50s]] and [[TheSixties '60s]], everyone knew you were referring to her. The [[StarMakingRole turning point]] for her is undeniably ''Film/AndGodCreatedWoman'' in 1956.
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9	She's had numerous love affairs. The most prominent included director Roger Vadim (''And God Created Woman''), actor Creator/JeanLouisTrintignant, as well as singers Music/SergeGainsbourg, Gilbert Bécaud and Sacha Distel. She retired from acting in 1973 and chose to use her fame to [[AnimalLover promote animal rights]] since, and sometimes dabbles in writing politically-flavoured non-fiction.
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11	Her younger sister Marie-Jeanne "Mijanou" Bardot also became an actress for a time, and also retired from her acting career in TheSeventies.
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13	!!Selected filmography:
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15	* ''Le Trou Normand''[[note]]''Crazy For Love''[[/note]] (1952) - First credited film.
16	* ''Film/TheGirlInTheBikini'' (1952) as Manina
17	* ''Film/DoctorAtSea'' (1955) as Helene Colbert
18	* ''Film/TheGrandManeuver'' (1955) as Lucie
19	* ''Film/TheLightAcrossTheStreet'' (1955) as Olivia Marceau
20	* ''Film/SchoolForLove'' (1955) as Sophie Dimater
21	* ''Film/HelenOfTroy'' (1956) as Andraste
22	* ''Film/HerBridalNight'' (1956) as Catherine Ravaud / Chouchou
23	* ''Film/ThatNaughtyGirl'' (1956) as [[TheDanza Brigitte Latour]]
24	* ''Film/PluckingTheDaisy'' (1956) as Agnès Dumont
25	* ''Film/AndGodCreatedWoman'' (1956) as Juliette Hardy (StarMakingRole)
26	* ''Film/LaParisienne'' (1957) as [[TheDanza Brigitte Laurier]]
27	* ''Film/LoveIsMyProfession'' (1958) as Yvette Maudet
28	* ''Film/TheFemale'' (1958) as Éva Marchand
29	* ''Film/TheNightHeavenFell'' (1958) as Ursula Desfontaines
30	* ''Film/BabetteGoesToWar'' (1959) as Babette
31	* ''Film/ComeDanceWithMe'' (1959) as Virginie Dandieu
32	* ''Film/{{The Truth\|1960}}'' (1960) as Dominique Marceau. Nominated for an Oscar (Best Foreign Film). Regarded by fans as one of her best performances, with a little help from EnforcedMethodActing invoked by the director consisting of psychologically abusing her during shooting.
33	* ''Film/PleaseNotNow'' (1961) as Sophie
34	* ''Film/AVeryPrivateAffair'' (1962) as Jill (notable for basing itself in elements of Bardot's life)
35	* ''Film/LoveOnAPillow'' (1962) as Geneviève Le Theil
36	* ''Film/{{Contempt}}'' (1963) as Camille Javal
37	* ''Film/DearBrigitte'' (1965) - A Hollywood film where she appears as herself (uncredited) in a short sequence.
38	* ''Film/VivaMaria'' (1965) as one of the Marias (the other being played by Creator/JeanneMoreau)
39	* ''Film/MasculinFeminin'' (1966) as herself
40	* ''Film/TwoWeeksInSeptember'' (1967) as Cécile
41	* ''Film/{{Shalako}}'' (1968) as Countess Irina Lazaar (co-stars with Creator/SeanConnery)
42	* ''Film/SpiritsOfTheDead'' (1968) as Giuseppina
43	* ''Film/LesFemmes'' (1969) as Clara
44	* ''Film/TheBearAndTheDoll'' (1970) as Felicia
45	* ''Film/TheNovices'' (1970) as Agnes
46	* ''Film/TheLegendOfFrenchieKing'' (1971) as Louise/Frenchie King (co-stars with Creator/ClaudiaCardinale)
47	* ''Film/RumRunners'' (1971) as Linda Larue
48	* ''Film/DonJuanOrIfDonJuanWereAWoman'' (1973) as Jeanne (last starring role)
49	* ''The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot'' (1973) as Arabelle (last film)
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51	!!Tropes & Trivia about her career:
52	* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Of the movies she was in, her favorites are ''And God Created Woman'', ''The Truth'' and ''The Bear and the Doll''.
53	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
54	** Her very first movie could have been something called ''Les Lauriers Sont Coupés'' ("The Laurels Are Cut") in 1950, but the project was cancelled.
55	** The list of movies she was reportedly considered for includes: ''Film/TheLongestDay'', ''Film/ThePinkPanther1963'', ''Film/{{Cleopatra}}'', ''Film/CatBallou'', ''Film/TheUmbrellasOfCherbourg'', ''Film/TheYoungGirlsOfRochefort'', Creator/LuchinoVisconti's adaptation of ''Literature/TheStranger'', ''Film/{{Barbarella}}'', ''Film/TheThomasCrownAffair1968'', ''Film/CasinoRoyale1967'', ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'' and ''Film/TheConformist''.
56	** When Visconti was pondering adapting Creator/MarcelProust's ''À la recherche des temps perdu'', he envisioned Bardot in the role of Odette de Crécy, but the project never got off the ground.
57	** A version of ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' starring Music/TheBeatles was proposed with Bardot in the role of Milady de Winter.
58	** A role she was very keen on getting was Marion Vergano of ''Film/MississippiMermaid'' and she was furious when Creator/FrancoisTruffaut cast Creator/CatherineDeneuve instead (although Creator/JeanPaulBelmondo later claimed Bardot was not cast because she was unavailable).
59	** In 1975, there were talks of casting her in an adaptation of Albert Cohen's novel ''Belle du Seigneur'', which she was somewhat enthusiastic about, but it never got made.

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