Brigitte Bardot is known for having an iconic acting career in French cinema, but she famously gave up her acting career at the age of just 39.
Appearing in over 40 films between 1952 and 1973, Bardot became an international sex symbol and world-renowned actress with a number of different cult-classic films, but she would end up leaving it all behind to become an active animal rights advocate.
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In 1973, Bardot decided to quit acting and devote her life to animal rights activism.
"I gave my beauty and my youth to men", she previously said, as reported by the BBC. "I'm going to give my wisdom and experience to animals".
Bardot, who was famously a vegetarian, later founded the Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the Welfare and Protection of Animals in 1986, aggressively fighting for animal rights and campaigning against the mistreatment of animals.
When Was Brigitte Bardot's Last Movie?
The last movie Bardot ever did was 1973's The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot, starring Francis Huster and directed by Nina Companeez.
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Bardot's last film appearance less than 20 years after her breakout role in 1956's And God Created Woman, (Et Dieu… créa la femme), directed by Roger Vadim, whom she had been married to since 1952 at the time. (The pair later divorced in 1957.)
Brigitte Bardot's Legacy Lives On in the Wake of Her Death
Following the announcement of Bardot's death on Sunday, Dec. 28, French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the late activist and her legacy, writing on X (formerly Twitter), "Her films, her voice, her dazzling glory, her initials, her sorrows, her generous passion for animals, her face that became Marianne, Brigitte Bardot embodied a life of freedom."
Ses films, sa voix, sa gloire éblouissante, ses initiales, ses chagrins, sa passion généreuse pour les animaux, son visage devenu Marianne, Brigitte Bardot incarnait une vie de liberté. Existence française, éclat universel. Elle nous touchait. Nous pleurons une légende du siècle.
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) December 28, 2025"French existence, universal brilliance," he added in the post, which was translated from French. "She touched us. We mourn a legend of the century."
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