French movie star Brigitte Bardot, pictured in Spain in 1967, has died. Brigitte Bardot, the French actor idealized for her beauty and heralded in the midcentury as the prototype of liberated female sexuality, has died at 91. Long withdrawn from the entertainment industry, Bardot died at her home in southern France, Bruno Jacquelin of the Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the protection of animals confirmed to the Associated Press. She devoted herself to the Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the Welfare and Protection of Animals. AdvertisementWorld & Nation Court convicts Brigitte Bardot Brigitte Bardot was convicted Tuesday of provoking discrimination and racial hatred for writing that Muslims are destroying France.

Source: The Times December 28, 2025 18:40 UTC