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Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot (/ b r ɪ ˌ ʒ iː t b ɑːr ˈ d oʊ / ⓘ brizh-EET bar-DOH; French: [bʁiʒit baʁdo] ⓘ; born 28 September 1934), often referred to by her initials B.B., [1] [2] is a French former actress, singer, and model as well as an animal rights activist.
In addition to Vadim's theatre and film work, he also wrote several books, including the memoirs "Memoires du Diable", "Le Gout du Bonheur: Souvenirs 1940–1958" and an autobiography, D'une étoile à l'autre (From One Star to the Next) as well as a tell-all about his most famous exes, Bardot, Deneuve & Fonda: My Life with the Three Most ...
In April 2019, Bardot, now 84, published a memoir documenting her work. " Tears of Battle: An Animal Rights Memoir" details her years of impassioned advocacy. “I know what it feels like to be ...
It even caused Brigitte's husband at the time, Gunter Sachs, to ask for a divorce. [93] In Bardot's autobiography, she described the events and states that Boyd "was never her lover, but a tender and attentive friend." [94] In an interview with Photoplay Film in 1968, Boyd said, "Bardot is always Bardot. She's marvelous.
Brigitte Bardot wrote in her autobiography that although the crew would call director Julien Duvivier "Dudu", the set was not harmonious. She also described the difficulty of filming in the heat of Seville during the Seville Fair .
By the mid-1950s Roger Vadim was an established screenwriter and had written several movies starring his then wife Brigitte Bardot. Producer Raoul Levy wanted Vadim to write and direct a film starring Bardot, and suggested he adapt the book The Little Genius by Maurice Garçon. Vadim disliked the book and came up with a new story, one based on ...
In 1972 Sachs opened a gallery in Hamburg and organised the first European exhibition of his friend Warhol. In 1974, he commissioned Warhol with a series of silkscreen portraits of his ex-wife Brigitte Bardot. [23] In May 2006, Sachs sold one of Warhol's silk screens of Bardot at auction for $3 million. [24]
The fashion icon started the Fondation Brigitte Bardot in 1986 to support those efforts, initially financing the foundation by auctioning her jewelry and other personal items, Deadline reported.