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From Roger Vadim to Bernard d’Ormale, Brigitte Bardot famously married four times and had a series of high-profile relationships.
Movie star Brigitte Bardot has died at age 91. The actress and one-time sex symbol later became an animal rights activist with far-right political views.
Brigitte Bardot died before mending her relationship with her only son, Nicolas-Jacques Charrier. The iconic s-- symbol had a complicated experience being a mom, as she suffered from pregnancy-related depression and tried to kill herself in the years after giving birth to the now-65-year-old in January 1960.
The one-time sex symbol and French screen icon continued her advocacy for animals through her Brigitte Bardot Foundation until her death at 91, which was announced by her foundation on Sunday.
Brigitte Bardot rose to international fame with her role in "And God Created Woman." After two decades in acting, Bardot retired from acting in the 1970s and devoted her time to animal activism, during which she also made headlines for sharing racist views.
Brigitte Bardot was an actor, a singer, a fashion icon, an animal rights activist and a symbol of France’s sexual liberation.