French actress and model Brigitte Bardot has died at the age of 91. The Brigitte Bardot Foundation announced the actress’s death.
She made her film debut in Willy Rozier’s “Manina, the Girl Without a Veil” in 1952. After a supporting role in Michel Boiron’s “The Naughty Girl” (1955), she became famous thanks to Marc Allegre’s “The Pearl Thread” (1957) and especially Roger Vadim’s “And God Created Woman” (1956).
Bardot’s best performances can also be found in René Clair’s “The Great Exercises” (1956), Claude Haut-Lara’s “In Case of Accident” (1958), Christian-Jacques’ “Babette Goes to War” (1959), Roger Vadim’s “The Night Jewelers” (1958), “The Bridle on the Neck” (1961) and “The Soldier’s Rest” (1962), Henri-Georges Clouzot’s “The Truth” (1960), Michel Boiron’s “Famous Love Stories” (1961), Yuri Mall’s “Private Life” (1961) and “Viva Maria” (1964), Jean-Luc Godard’s “Contempt” (1963), Michel Deville’s “The Bear and the Doll” (1970), Robert Enrico’s “Roma Avenue” (1971), Nina Compañez’s “The Very Wonderful and Entertaining Story of Colin Trus-Chemis” (1974), Roger Vadim’s “Don Juan” (1973) and other films.
