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Overview
- The Fondation Brigitte‑Bardot announced her death and withheld the cause, as well as the time and place.
- Reports from the foundation and French media note she underwent surgery in Toulon in late 2025 after a serious illness and had a prior respiratory hospitalization in 2023.
- Bardot rose to international fame with And God Created Woman (1956) and later starred in The Truth and Contempt before leaving acting in 1973 after roughly 50 films.
- She created the Fondation Brigitte‑Bardot in 1986 and became a prominent voice against seal hunting, fur, bullfighting and animal testing.
- Her public profile in later years included support for far‑right figures and several convictions for incitement to racial hatred; some outlets say she died at her Saint‑Tropez home, a detail not confirmed by the foundation.