Overview
- Foundation spokesperson Bruno Jacquelin told the Associated Press she died at her Saint-Tropez residence, and no official cause was provided.
- French President Emmanuel Macron and other public figures posted tributes that hailed her cultural impact and lifelong advocacy for animals.
- Bardot rose to global fame with 1956’s And God Created Woman and left filmmaking in the early 1970s after roughly four dozen screen roles.
- She founded the Brigitte Bardot Foundation in 1986 and spent subsequent decades campaigning on animal welfare in France and abroad.
- Her later public comments on immigration and Islam brought multiple French court convictions for inciting racial hatred, while recent reports noted hospital stays in October tied to a serious illness.