During World War II, when Paris was occupied by Nazi Germany, Bardot spent more time at home due to increasingly strict civilian surveillance. [17] She became engrossed in dancing to records, which her mother saw as a potential for a ballet career. [17] Bardot was admitted at the age of seven to the private school Cours Hattemer. [23] She went to school three days a week, which gave her ample time to take dance lessons at a local studio, under her mother's arrangements. [20] In 1949, Bardot was accepted at the Conservatoire de Paris. For three years she attended ballet classes held by Russian choreographer Boris Knyazev. [24] She also studied at the Institut de la Tour, a private Catholic high school near her home. [25] a b "Brigitte Bardot". Grazia (in French). n.d. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021 . Retrieved 4 December 2021. Real playboys have money, yes, but they are also rich in chutzpah, manners, class and style (Gunter Sachs, by the way, hated the loaded playboy sobriquet, but, quite brilliantly, both denied the allegation and confirmed it with just two words: "Playboy? When the 24-year-old Bardot found out she was pregnant, her world turned upside down...and not in a good way. At the time, she had absolutely no desire to become a mother, and it was only at the urging of Charrier that she kept the baby and agreed to marry him. But from there on out, their relationship turned sour. Even their wedding day was a total disaster.

Brigitte Bardot: 'J'en ai les larmes aux yeux' ". Le Républicain Lorrain (in French). 23 May 2010. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013.Playboy’s first issue came out in December 1953. One of the first women to grace the cover was none other than Marilyn Monroe, photographed here for the magazine. In 2011, Los Angeles Times Magazine 's list of "50 Most Beautiful Women in Film" ranked her number two. [128]

Pigozzi, Caroline. "Bardot s'en va toujours en guerre... pour les animaux". Paris Match. No.January 2018. pp.76–83.

Larent, Shermy (12 May 2003). "Brigitte Bardot unleashes colourful diatribe against Muslims and modern France". Indybay . Retrieved 13 March 2010. Bardot and Charrier divorced in 1962. But a husband wasn't the only thing she lost. In the end, Charrier gained custody of her son Nicolas...Brigitte Bardot was finally free (for now...more on that later). But even with the weight of motherhood off her shoulders, happiness seemed far out of reach: A normal life was out of the question. She could no longer walk down the street or go out to eat without being harassed by the press. Two months ago Rolf floated 3,500 candles on the lake in St Moritz in the shape of Scorpio in memory of his father.

Bardot, Brigitte (1996). Initiales B.B.: Mémoires (in French). Éditions Grasset. ISBN 978-2-246526018.

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Unfortunately, her professional life didn't afford Bardot any respite, and the next role she took drove her closer toward another mental breakdown. Fourny, Marc (3 December 2018). "Brigitte Bardot demande " une prime de Noël " pour les Gilets jaunes". Le Point (in French) . Retrieved 9 December 2020. Bardot was the darling of disaffected French leftists, to whom she symbolized an artless disregard for conventional morality. Of her many films the most notable are Vie privée (1962; “The Private Life”), Le Mépris (1963; Contempt), Viva Maria! (1965), Dear Brigitte (1965), and Masculin-Féminin (1966; Masculine Feminine). With her career waning, Bardot appeared in her final films in 1973 and subsequently retired. Born as Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot in Paris to Louis Bardot, and Anne Marie “Toty” Bardot on September 28, 1934, she is a French actress, singer, dancer, and fashion model, who in the later years became an animal rights activist. Bardot grew up in an upper-middle class Roman Catholic observant home. At the age of seven, Brigitte was admitted to the CoursHattemer, a private school. She attended the school thrice a week and studied at home on other days. This gave her time for lessons at Madame Bourget’s dance Bardot appeared on the cover of Elle again in 1952, which landed her an offer for a small part in the comedy film Crazy for Love the same year, directed by Jean Boyer and starring Bourvil. [33] She was paid 200,000 francs (about 575 1952 US dollars [34]) for the small role portraying a cousin of the main character. [33] Bardot had her second film role in Manina, the Girl in the Bikini (1953), [B] directed by Willy Rozier. [35] She also had roles in the 1953 films The Long Teeth and His Father's Portrait.