The legendary French actress, Brigitte Bardot, has died at the age of 91: the Foundation that bears her name announced it in a note released today. «The Brigitte Bardot Foundation announces with immense sadness the passing of its founder and president, Brigitte Bardot, a world-famous actress and singer, who chose to give up her prestigious career to dedicate her life and energies to the welfare of animals and to her Foundation», we read in the statement, which does not specify the date or place of her death.
Known as «BB», Bardot walked away from the world of cinema over 50 years ago, but left a legacy of around fifty films and two scenes that have entered the pantheon of the seventh art: a feverish mambo in a Saint-Tropez restaurant in «And God Created Woman» and a monologue, naked, at the opening of «Contempt». Since then, he has devoted all his energies to animal rights.