She admitted that Bardot, who died in late December, aged 91, had “a small streak of racism too, but it wasn’t malicious – she wasn’t just that”. No frills eventBardot’s best-known associations – to the heyday of the New Wave French film industry, animal rights campaigning, and far-right politics – were all represented at Friday’s church service. Well-wishers take pictures as they arrive to lay wreath of flowers and photographs to pay a tribute to late French actress Brigitte Bardot at her grave at the marine cemetery. Photo / Valery Hache, AFPA host of fellow campaigners against animal cruelty and the son of late film star Jean-Paul Belmondo attended, as did French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen. A dog sits among wreath of flowers and photographs of late French actress Brigitte Bardot placed around her grave at the marine cemetery, following the funeral ceremony at Notre-Dame de l'Assomption church.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 07, 2026 17:55 UTC