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Brigitte Bardot Facts
| Sign | Libra |
| Born |
Sep 28, 1934 Paris, France |
| Age | 91 |
| Total Facts | 38 |
Serge Gainsbourg wrote for and recorded with her his most noted song "Je t'aime...moi non plus", but she pleaded him not to release their recording, so her vocals were replaced by Jane Birkin one year later (1968).
Animal rights activist.
Born to Louis Bardot (1896-1975), nicknamed Pilou, who graduated from an engineering school to go into the family business, which manufactured liquid air and acetylene, and Ann-Marie Mucel (1912-1978), nicknamed Toty, her parents married in 1933. Toty had studied theatre and dance as a young lady, while Pilou wrote poetry in his notebook and published several volumes.
Breast cancer survivor.
Brought into fashion the choucroute (sauerkraut) hairstyle.
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#9) (1995).
Gave birth to Nicolas-Jacques Charrier in 1960, who was raised by his father's family after her divorce from his father Jacques Charrier in 1962.
Good friends with French actor Alain Delon.
Her husband Bernard d'Ormale is a wealthy industrialist and supporter of the far-right French nationalist party Front National.
In 1994, scandalized by Sophia Loren's posing in furs in several printed ads for the Italian fur tailor company Annabella, she published an open letter to Sophia Loren, where she accused her acting contemporary of selling her name and her image 'to the most despicable of all advertising: promotion of furs'. It is, said Bardot, 'degrading, repugnant, lamentable and unworthy to accept money stained with the blood of animals'. Loren, added France's leading animal-rights campaigner, should boycott 'this abominable trade' and 'never forget that wearing a fur is wearing a cemetery on your back'. Loren, on holiday at the time, did not responded.
Is a vegetarian.
Is mentioned in many songs including "Brigitte Bardot" by Jordan Galland, "We Didn't Start The Fire" by Billy Joel, "Warlocks" by Red Hot Chili Peppers and "It's Not Enough" by The Who.
Measurements: 35-1/2B-19-35 (officially measured October 1958), 36B-20-35 (filming ...And God Created Woman (1956)) (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
Mentioned in the 1995 'Stardust' single by Menswear (her name is rhymed with 'bravado').
Mother of Nicolas-Jacques Charrier (b. 11 January 1960).
On the set of "La Bride Sur Le Cou" directed by her ex-husband Roger Vadim, she met his new girlfriend, Catherine Deneuve. About her she said "...behind Vadim lingered a 17-year-old brunette who dressed like me had her hair made like me. Her name was Catherine Deneuve. She had a certain air of a namby-pamby, that was back then unbearable." One night while filming on high mountains the crew got blocked so everybody slept in one room. Among the crew were Bardot, Vadim, Mireille Darc and Catherine Deneuve.
Once castrated a neighbor's donkey.
One of the leading animal rights activists in the world and the head of "Fondation Brigitte Bardot", which is a foundation dedicated to animal rights.
Owns homes in Saint-Tropez, Yvelines and Paris.
Prior to her worldwide breakthrough in And God Created Woman (1958), while still a starlet, Brigitte was a familiar in many Italian movies. She once shared a hotel room in Rome with Ursula Andress. It is mentioned in her autobiography. About this she recalled if only producers knew of it they would have think twice about their way of treating us back then.
Ranked #49 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list (October 1997).
Ranked #75 in Men's Health 100 Hottest Women of all Time (2011).
Recorded a special audio performance for the classic "Velveteen Rabbit", produced by Pierre Patrick for Connecticut Family Theatre (2007).
Recorded many popular songs in the 1960s and 1970s.
Retired from acting in 1973 at the age of 39 and has since been involved with various animal rights causes.
Sang songs "Harley Davidson", "Je Me Donne A Qui Me Plait", "Bubble gum", "Contact", "Je Reviendrais Toujours Vers Toi", "L'Appareil A Sous", "La Madrague", "Le Soleil De Ma Vie", "On Demenage", "Sidonie", "Tu Veux, Tu Veux Pas".
She and husband Bernard d'Ormale got married in a small town outside Oslo, Norway, where her son lives with his family.
She can be seen on the sleeve of the album "Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors" by former Marillion singer Fish. She is also mentioned in his song "Big Wedge".
She had taken dancing lessons from age 5, and when she was 13 one of her classmates in dancing class was Leslie Caron.
She has two granddaughters from his son Nicolas's marriage to Anne-Line Bjerkan, daughter of a Norwegian diplomat: Anna (born in 1985) and Thea (born in 1990).
Sister of Mijanou Bardot (real name Marie-Jeanne Bardot, b. 1938).
The Brazilian city of Búzios erected a statue of hers in honor of her influence in popularizing the city.
Was also romantically linked to actors Jean-Louis Trintignant and Sami Frey, singers Gilbert Bécaud, Serge Gainsbourg and Sacha Distel, writer John Gilmore and sculptor Miroslaw Brozek.
Was born at 5 place Violet in the 15th district of Paris.
Was charged with inciting racial hatred in her best-selling book "Un cri dans le silence" ("A cry in silence"), expressing worries about the "infiltration" of France by Islamic extremists. She could have faced a maximum prison term of one year, but was finally fined EUR 5,000 (2004).
Was Marianne de France, the bust of the most beautiful woman of a decade and she is also the symbol of liberty and the Republic, from 1970 to 1980.
Was named Empire Magazine's #98 in the list of 100 Sexiest Stars (2007).
When in '83-'84 she discovered she had breast cancer, she first refused treatment believing it was her fate. It was her fellow actress and friend Marina Vlady who took the plane and went to her Madrague at Saint-Tropez and convinced her to start her treatment.