Overview
- Her death was announced on Dec. 28 by the Brigitte Bardot Foundation, which said she left show business to devote herself to animal welfare.
- No cause of death was provided, and representatives said she had recently been hospitalized and died at home in France.
- President Emmanuel Macron and other public figures posted tributes recognizing her cultural impact, including her face serving as a model for Marianne.
- Bardot rose to global fame with 1956’s And God Created Woman, retired from film in 1973, and founded her animal-welfare organization in 1986.
- Her later years drew criticism for far-right ties and repeated convictions for inciting racial hatred, and no funeral arrangements were announced immediately.