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Brigitte Bardot
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Bardot was born in Paris to Anne-Marie Mucel and Charles “Pilou” Bardot, an industrialist.
In 1952, she appeared on screen for the first time in Le Trou Normand. That same year, at age 18, she married director Roger Vadim, with whom she had been romantically involved for several years.
Although the European film industry was then in the ascendant, her personal rise was remarkable: she has been one of the few European actresses to receive mass media attention in the United States. She and Marilyn Monroe were the icons of female sexuality in the 1950s and 1960s and whenever she made public appearances in the United States the media hordes covered her every move.
Her films of the early and mid 1950s were lightweight romantic dramas, some of them historical, in which she was cast as ingénue or siren, often with an element of undress. She played bit parts in three English-language films, the British comedy Doctor at Sea (1955), Helen of Troy (1954), in which she was understudy for the title-role but only appears as Helen’s handmaid, and Act of Love (1954) with Kirk Douglas. Her French-language films were dubbed for international release. “She is every man’s idea of the girl he’d like to meet in Paris” said the film-critic Ivon Addams in 1955.
Vadim was not content with this light fare. The New Wave of French and Italian art directors and their stars were riding high internationally and he felt Bardot was being undersold. Looking for something more like an art-film to push her as a serious actress, he showcased her in And God Created Woman (1956) with Jean-Louis Trintignant.
In 1952, she appeared on screen for the first time in Le Trou Normand. That same year, at age 18, she married director Roger Vadim, with whom she had been romantically involved for several years.
Although the European film industry was then in the ascendant, her personal rise was remarkable: she has been one of the few European actresses to receive mass media attention in the United States. She and Marilyn Monroe were the icons of female sexuality in the 1950s and 1960s and whenever she made public appearances in the United States the media hordes covered her every move.
Her films of the early and mid 1950s were lightweight romantic dramas, some of them historical, in which she was cast as ingénue or siren, often with an element of undress. She played bit parts in three English-language films, the British comedy Doctor at Sea (1955), Helen of Troy (1954), in which she was understudy for the title-role but only appears as Helen’s handmaid, and Act of Love (1954) with Kirk Douglas. Her French-language films were dubbed for international release. “She is every man’s idea of the girl he’d like to meet in Paris” said the film-critic Ivon Addams in 1955.
Vadim was not content with this light fare. The New Wave of French and Italian art directors and their stars were riding high internationally and he felt Bardot was being undersold. Looking for something more like an art-film to push her as a serious actress, he showcased her in And God Created Woman (1956) with Jean-Louis Trintignant.
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Je Danse Donc Je Suis
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Ne me laisse pas l'aimer
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Tu Veux Ou Tu Veux Pas
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paulfree1 wrote:
she was hot 1
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oohdoiloveyou wrote:
fuck yeah
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marymalone87 wrote:
I love BB!!!
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AppleKabukiSuri wrote:
Europe is simply too PC, BB is an animal activist and thus criticised the slaughter of sheep at Eid al-Adha. Because Europe cares more about not insulting Islam than anything else BB was fined 30,000 francs. Why is it okay to protest KFC but not the infinitely more barbaric halal preparation of meat?
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MaidMarion01 wrote:
RACIST AS HELL. ugly old fascist :P
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das_fusk wrote:
SEXY AS HELL, But also very talented!
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LittleMissDarko wrote:
she was hawt
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ModelJunkiex wrote:
I'm not way out. I got more BB stuff than anybody. u get out. meanie!
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aninnka wrote:
reminds you of WHO? only claudia schiffer reminds me of her
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jaigurudevaom_ wrote:
oh no you did not. get out, go away.
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ModelJunkiex wrote:
reminds me of lindsay lohan
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jaigurudevaom_ wrote:
yeah, i think she aged well. she's just a bit on the heavier side... and a bit on the... wrinkly side?
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FIREandIRON wrote:
Racist? What? Why? Explain please.
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valeriart wrote:
i think she aged well.
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PomponCham wrote:
you are my life... i still love you. I miss you.
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crinolineskies wrote:
i love you, xnewjerseyx. your bob dylan reference does not go unnoticed!
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I wouldn't mind her being so much admired if she wasn't such a cunt. She used to be a wonderful icon, now she's just a pathetic racist bitch.
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xnewjerseyx wrote:
Well, my telephone rang it would not stop, It's President Kennedy callin' me up. He said, "My friend, Bob, what do we need to make the country grow?" I said, "My friend, John, Brigitte Bardot, Anita Ekberg, Sophia Loren."
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Tyrone28 wrote:
Cheers to BB! Magnifique!
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ancasandu94 wrote:
Une femme merveilleuse, une cantatrice excelente
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