Overview
- A foundation spokesperson told the Associated Press that Bardot died Sunday at her home in southern France.
- Recent coverage noted hospitalizations in 2025, including an October procedure, with no official cause of death disclosed.
- She rose to international fame with the 1956 film And God Created Woman and retired from acting in 1973 after roughly 40 films.
- In 1986 she founded the Brigitte Bardot Foundation, which said it will continue her animal-welfare work.
- Tributes included a message from President Emmanuel Macron, while accounts of her legacy also cited multiple French court fines for inciting racial hatred and her public alignment with the far right.