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Today, its 80-year anniversary celebrates Brigitte Bardot, movie star 50s - 60s, the sex symbol of the era. The ambiguous nature, which is admired for its beauty, which was criticized for straightness and provocative statements, and sometimes ridiculed for something with a fury she rushed to the barricades, when it came to protecting the rights of Her beloved animals.





Bardot was born in Paris in 1934 in a family of industrialists. At school Brigitte was fascinated by classical dancing and in 1947 entered the National Academy of Dance. Her natural grace has not gone unnoticed: the age of 15 she took part in a photo shoot for the magazine Le Jardin des Modes. Soon she was invited to work to his editor of ELLE Helene Lazareff, a friend of the mother



Debut Bardot in the movie took place in 1952 in the film "The Norman hole" Jean Boyer. In 1953, she was the first and last time tried his hand at the theater in the play "Invitation to the castle" by Jean Anouilh. After a visit to the Cannes Film Festival in 1953, her career took off sharply. She took part in the shooting of films such as "Future Star" brand Allegra and "big maneuvers" Rene Clair, where she starred with Gerard Philippe and Michelle Morgan. At the same time came "Obstinate Girl" and "cliff daisy petals».

Resounding success waiting for the actress in 1956 when there was a film "And God Created Woman", is associated with possibly one of the biggest scandals in the history of cinema. It is not at all surprising if we remember that character named Juliette Bardot is torn between three men, it appears without clothes, and even dancing on the table. Then so explicit scenes were not even in Hollywood.



In the early 60s Bardot recorded his first album, while continuing to work in a movie with such renowned directors as Jean-Luc Godard, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Louis Malle, Edouard Molinaro, Julien Duvivier, Claude Autant-Lara. In total during her career, she has performed roles in 48 films, including "In the case of an accident", "Private Lives," "truth," "Contempt", "Viva Maria!", "Babette Goes to War."

Bardot has recorded a total of 80 songs. Her most successful hits («Harley Davidson», «Bonnie and Clyde») associated with the name of Serge Gainsbourg, with whom she sang the famous song «Je t'aime moi non plus».



In 1969, Bardot becomes a model for the national symbol of France, Marianne bust. In 1973, the actress decides to put an end to his career in film, and in 1985 received a national award - the Order of the Legion of Honor. In 1986 she created the Foundation Brigitte Bardot for the welfare and protection of animals, in order to maintain that sold at auction his personal belongings and valuables. Currently Bardot lives in a villa in Saint-Tropez, she is a staunch vegetarian and lives in her house about fifty animals.
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