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Brigitte Bardot, a French actress, model and singer, has died at age 91. The Brigitte Bardot Foundation announced the news in a statement shared with the French news agency AFP.
Bardot began her career in the 1950s and pioneered the iconic 1960s look (bouffant, winged liner and nude lip) that made her an iconic figure in the fashion and beauty world.
The star of classics such as And God Created Woman, Contempt and Love on a Pillow, Bardot became involved in controversies in her later years.
After her death, Bardot’s trendsetting fashion and beauty looks live on and are constantly referenced by pros and celebrities alike. Look back at some of her most enduring photographs.
Brigitte Bardot on the Cannes Staircase
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Brigitte Bardot wows while wearing a floor-length, voluminous ball gown and fur stole at Cannes Film Festival in April 1953.
Brigitte Bardot Was a Beauty for the Ages
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This 1960 portrait showcases the blonde bombshell’s best-known look – a messy pile of hair, dark cat-eye liner and a nude lip.
Brigitte Bardot on Set
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The actress is captured while on the set of The Night Heaven Fell in 1958.
Brigitte Bardot Films a Scene
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Bardot stars in 1961’s Les Amours Celebres (Famous Love Affairs) alongside Alain Delon.
When Brigitte Bardot Married Roger Vadim
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Bardot is pictured smiling during her wedding to French director Roger Vadim on Dec. 12, 1952.
The two divorced in 1957 after Bardot fell in love with her And God Created Woman costar Jean-Louis Trintignant.
Brigitte Bardot Becomes a Mom
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Bardot married artist Jacques Charrier in June 1959, and the two welcomed Bardot’s only child, Nicolas-Jacques Charrier, on Jan. 11, 1960.
Brigitte Bardot Poses with Jacques Charrier
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Charrier and Bardot pose on the set of Babette S’en Va-T-En Guerre (Babette Goes to War).
Brigitte Bardot Toasts to the Ocassion
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Bardot could easily captivate a room and become the center of attention.
Brigitte Bardot Knew How to Strike a Pose
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The actress plays coy with cameras while posing on top of a table.
Brigitte Bardot Takes It to the Ground
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Any place was a great place for an impromptu photoshoot for Bardot — especially the lawn in the garden of the Excelsior Hotel on the Lido of Venice.
Brigitte Bardot in a Mod Mini
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During a 1965 press conference, the French film star posed for photographers at the Plaza Hotel in New York.
Brigitte Bardot and Sean Connery
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Sean Connery and Bardot met for the first time in Deauville, France, to film Shalako, and they immediately clicked.
Brigitte Bardot Takes London
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The fashion icon wears an edgy all-leather look as she arrives at London’s Heathrow Airport in 1968, when she was in town to attend the premiere of Shalako.
Brigitte Bardot Marries Again
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Bardot heads to Tahiti with her third husband, German industrialist Gunter Sachs. The two wed in 1966 and were divorced in 1969.
She would go on to marry Bernard d’Ormale, her last husband, in 1992.
Brigitte Bardot Loves Animals
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A known lover of animals, Bardot founded Foundation Brigitte Bardot (FBB), which “works for the protection of wild and domestic animals in France and internationally.”
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