Overview
- The Brigitte Bardot Foundation confirmed the death Sunday morning at the actor’s Saint-Tropez residence.
- Bardot became a global screen symbol in the 1950s and 1960s before leaving film in 1973 after about 50 features.
- She redirected her fame to animal protection, launching the Brigitte Bardot Foundation in 1986 and funding its work through donations and personal sales.
- In later decades she championed hard-right views, drew repeated convictions under French hate-speech laws, and aligned herself with figures around the National Rally.
- She had been hospitalized in Toulon for surgery in October–November 2025 and had since been resting at home, according to the foundation and press reports.