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Biography

Born:28 September 1934, Paris, France
Death:--------
Nick Name:BB
Spouse
Bernard d'Ormale (16 August 1992 - present)
Gunter Sachs (14 July 1966 - 1 October 1969) (divorced)
Jacques Charrier (18 June 1959 - 20 November 1962) (divorced) 1 child
Roger Vadim (20 December 1952 - 6 December 1957) (divorced)
Facts:
-Her father had an engineering degree and worked with his father in the family business. Her mother was 14 years younger than Brigitte's father and they married in 1933. Brigitte's mother encouraged her daughter to take up music and dance, and she proved to be very adept at it.
-By the time she was 15 Brigitte was trying a modeling career, and found herself in the French magazine "Elle".
-In 1947 Bardot was accepted to the Conservatoire de Paris, and for three years she attended the ballet classes of Russian choreographer Boris Knyazev.
-In 1952 she appeared on screen for the first time as Javotte Lemoine in Trou normand, Le (1952). Two more films followed and it was also the same year she married Roger Vadim.
-Capitalizing on her success in French films, she made her first US production in 1953 in Un acte d'amour (1953) with Kirk Douglas, but she continued to make films in France.
In Bardot's early career, professional photographer Sam Levin's photos contributed to her image of sensuality. Onephoto shows Brigitte from behind, dressed in a white corset. British photographer Cornel Lucas made iconic images of Bardot in the 1950s and 1960s that have become representative of her public persona. She divorced Vadim in 1957 and in 1959 married actor Jacques Charrier, with whom she starred in Babette Goes to War. The paparazzi preyed upon her marriage, while she and her husband clashed over the direction of her career.
-Vie privée (1960), directed by Louis Malle has more than an element of her life story in it.The scene in which, returning to her apartment, Bardot's character is harangued in the elevator by a middle-aged cleaning lady calling her offensive names, was based on an actual incident, and is a resonant image of celebrity in the mid-20th century.Bardot was awarded a David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign actress for the role.
-Brigitte's explosive sexuality took the US by storm, and the effect she had on millions of American men who hadn't seen a woman like her in a long.
-Bardot withdrew to the seclusion of Southern France where she had bought the house La Madrague in Saint-Tropez in May 1958. In 1963 she starred in Jean-Luc Godard's critically acclaimed film Contempt. Bardot was featured in many other films along with notable actors such as Alain Delon (Famous Love Affairs, Spirits of the Dead), Jean Gabin (In Case of Adversity), Sean Connery (Shalako), Jean Marais (Royal Affairs in Versailles, School for Love), Lino Ventura (Rum Runners), Annie Girardot (The Novices), Claudia Cardinale (The Legend of Frenchie King), Jeanne Moreau (Viva Maria!), Jane Birkin (Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman).
-In 1965 she appeared as herself in the American-made Dear Brigitte (1965) with James Stewart (she only appeared in one scene).
-Bardot was idolized by young John Lennon and Paul McCartney.They made plans to shoot a film featuring The Beatles and Bardot, similar to A Hard Day's Night, but the plans were never fulfilled.Lennon's first wife Cynthia Powell lightened her hair color to more closely resemble Bardot, while George Harrison made comparisons between Bardot and his first wife Pattie Boyd, as Cynthia wrote later in A Twist of Lennon. Lennon and Bardot met in person once, in 1968 at the Mayfair Hotel, introduced by Beatles press agent Derek Taylor; a nervous Lennon took LSD before arriving, and neither star impressed the other.
-In addition to popularizing the bikini swimming suit, Bardot has also been credited with popularizing the city of St. Tropez and the town of Armação dos Búzios in Brazil, which she visited in 1964 with her boyfriend at the time, Brazilian musician Bob Zagury.A statue by Christina Motta honours Brigitte Bardot in Armação dos Búzios.
-In 1973 Bardot announced that she was retiring from acting as "a way to get out elegantly".
-She prefers life outside of stardom. While it enabled her to become internationally famous, it also carried with it annoyances. It wasn't anything for her to have "fans" enter her house or wander around the grounds of her home in the hopes of getting a glimpse of her or to take something that belonged to her.
-Paparazzi constantly hounded her with their cameras. She has been so soft-hearted that some people even have taken advantage of her generosity.
-After her life in the spotlight, Brigitte went on to become a leading spokesperson for animal rights and started the "Foundation Brigitte Bardot" dedicated solely to that cause. Her work in that realm is, perhaps, far greater than any film she could have made.
-In 1986 she established the Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the Welfare and Protection of Animals.She became a vegetarian and raised three million francs to fund the foundation by auctioning off jewelry and many personal belongings.Today she is a strong animal rights activist and a major opponent of the consumption of horse meat. In support of animal protection, she condemned seal hunting in Canada during a visit to that country with Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.She sought to discuss the issue with Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, but her request for a meeting was reportedly denied.[citation needed] On 25 May 2011 the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society renamed its fast interceptor vessel, formerly known as MV Gojira, as MV Brigitte Bardot in appreciation of her support
-Breast cancer survivor.
-She and husband Bernard d'Ormale got married in a small town outside Oslo, Norway, where her son lives with his family.

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Filmography

Histoire très bonne et très joyeuse de Colinot Trousse-Chemise (1973) .... Arabelle
Don Juan ou Si Don Juan était une femme... (1973) .... Jeanne
Pétroleuses, Les (1971) .... Louise
Boulevard du rhum (1971) .... Linda Larue
Novices, Les (1970) .... Agnès
Femmes, Les (1969) .... Clara
Ours et la poupée, L' (1969) .... Felicia
Histoires extraordinaires (1968) .... Giuseppina (segment "William Wilson")
Marie Soleil (1966) (uncredited) .... Cameo appearance
Viva Maria! (1965) .... Maria I
Une ravissante idiote (1964) .... Penelope Lightfeather
Mépris, Le (1963) .... Camille Javal
Repos du guerrier, Le (1962) .... Geneviève Le Theil
Vie privée (1962) .... Jill
Amours célèbres (1961) .... Agnès Bernauer (segment "Agnès Bernauer")
Bride sur le cou, La (1961) .... Sophie
Vérité, La (1960) .... Dominique Marceau
Affaire d'une nuit, L' (1960) (uncredited) .... Woman in restaurant
Voulez-vous danser avec moi? (1959) .... Virginie Dandieu
Babette s'en va-t-en guerre (1959) .... Babette
Femme et le pantin, La (1959) .... Eva Marchand
En cas de malheur (1958) .... Yvette Maudet
Bijoutiers du clair de lune, Les (1958) .... Ursula
Une parisienne (1957) .... Brigitte Laurier
Et Dieu... créa la femme (1956) .... Juliete Hardy
En effeuillant la marguerite (1956) .... Agnès Dumont
Mio figlio Nerone (1956) .... Poppea
Cette sacrée gamine (1956) .... Brigitte Latour
Lumière d'en face, La (1956) .... Olivia Marceau
Helen of Troy (1956) .... Andraste
Mariée est trop belle, La (1956) .... Chouchou
Grandes manoeuvres, Les (1955) .... Lucie
Futures vedettes (1955) .... Sophie
Doctor at Sea (1955) .... Hélène Colbert
Fils de Caroline chérie, Le (1955) .... Pilar d'Aranda
Tradita (1954) .... Anna
Un acte d'amour (1953) .... Mimi
Portrait de son père, Le (1953) .... Domino
Trou normand, Le (1952) .... Javotte Lemoine
Manina, la fille sans voile (1952) .... Manina

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Biography

Born:23 July 1920, Lisbon, Portugal
Death:6 October 1999, Lisbon, Portugal (natural causes)
Real Name:Amália da Piedade Rodrigues
Nickname:Fado's Queen
Spouse:
César Seabra (1961 - 1997) (his death)
Francisco Da Cruz (1942 - 1944) (divorced)
Facts:
-Amália Rodrigues was born in Lisbon, Portugal July 23rd, 1920 to a poor and numerous family.
- At age 9, her grandmother, an illiterate, Amalia send to school, who loved to attend. However, at age 12 has to interrupt his education as was common in poor households. Then choose the craft of embroidery, but quickly change to go wrap cakes.
-Her parents and older sibling moved to Fundão when Amália was 14 months old. She stayed with her grandparents in Lisbon. Amália move to her parents house at the age of 14 when they return to Lisbon.
-She was the portuguese Judy Garland
-At age 15 will sell fruit to the Cais da Rocha area, and becomes noticeable due to the very special tone of voice. Integrates the People's March Alcantara (in the festivities of Saint Anthony of Lisbon), 1936. The tester insists that the March Amalia forms part of a proof of talent discovery, called the Spring Contest, which disputed the title of Queen of Fado. Amalia would not participate, because all the other competitors refused to compete with it.
-Know that time her future husband, Francisco da Cruz, an amateur guitarist, with whom married in 1940. An assistant recommended it to the most famous fado house then, the Retiro da Severa, but Amalia eventually decline this invitation, and then delay the response, and only in 1939 will sing in this house.
-In 1944 gets a prominent role, along with Herminia Silva, Rosa Cantadeira in the opera, where he plays the Fado's Jealousy, Frederico Valério. In September, arrives in Rio de Janeiro accompanied by Maestro Fernando de Freitas to perform at the Copacabana Casino. At age 24, Amalia already have a show designed exclusively for her. The reception is so enthusiastic that his initial contract of four weeks will last for four months. She was invited to repeat the tour, accompanied by dancers and musicians.
-During World War II she carried out long tours for Spain and Brazil and she obtained in 1945 her first great musical success with the song "Ai Mouraria".
-In 1947 she debuted as an actress in the Portuguese movie "Capas Negras" (with Alberto Ribeiro) and it became the best movie of the year in Portugal and Amália became a great international celebrity and the most admired and loved star of Portugal.
-In 1949 she sang for the first time in Paris and London. And in 1952 she sang for the first time in New York in La Vie en Rose.
-During the 50 and 60's Amália become the maximum exponent of Portugal's popular music and so, their main ambassador for her very successful movies (including "Sangue Toureiro", by the way, the first Portuguese movie filmed in color) as well as for her LPs. Among her well-known songs are: "Lisboa Antiga", "Foi Deus", "Coimbra" (also known as "April in Portugal"), "Barco Negro", "Canção do Mar", "Nem as Paredes Confesso", "Lisboa, Não Sejas Francesa", "Arranjuez, mon amour" (French version of "Concierto de Aranjuez" of Joaquín Rodrigo), "Vou Dar de Beber à Dor" and "Com que Voz", among many others.
-She also sang poems turned music of several Portuguese poets and, in fact, Variety's magazine chose her in 1959 as one of the four best female singers in history.
-In 1961, he married her second husband, the Brazilian engineer Cesar Seabra, who gets until his death in 1997.
-In 1966, he returned to the United States, performing at Lincoln Center in New York, with conductor Andre Kostelanetz front of an orchestra in a program essentially made from Portuguese folk songs in one night and another made of fado (also with orchestra ), as follows. The same show was staged, days later, at the Hollywood Bowl. Return to Lincoln Center in 1968.
-When the "Revolução Dos Cravos" ("Carnation's Revolution") happened on April 25th, 1974 which finished 48 years of Fascist government in Portugal, rumors arose that Amália collaborated with the deposed government. Her fame was seriously affected and she decided to retire from show business for not entering in polemic although soon, after its death, it was discovered that she collaborated privately with the Communist Party of Portugal, but one year after, she acted in the Coliseu Theater of Lisbon where 5,000 people applauded her on foot, demonstrating with this that her public never released her.
-After that, Amália continued her career as if nothing happened and in 1980 she debuted as composer. In April 19th, 1985 Amália presented her show in the Coliseu dos Recreios of Lisbon, being her first solo concert in Portugal after 10 years and she obtained a record of attendance.
-In 1985 the great success obtained collection The Best of Amalia: A strange form of life. It launched a new volume: The Best of Amalia, vol. 2: All this is fate.
-In 1989, for her 50 years of artistic career, the President of Portugal Mário Soares honored her and the Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy received her in private audience.
-During her last years, Amália received countless tributes inside and outside of Portugal and suddenly died while she slept in her house of Lisbon on October 6th, 1999. She was buried in an impressive funeral ceremony with the massive attendance of her fans.
-Her body is in Panteón Nacional, in Lisbon, next to important figures of Portugal.
Awards:
-Awarded France's highest honors: Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1970 and Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1985.
Awarded one of Spain's highest honors, Orden de Isabel, la Catolica (Laço de Dama) in 1968.
Awarded the highest honors of Portugal: Ordem Militar de Sant'Iago da Espada (Grau de Cavaleiro) in 1958, Ordem Militar de Sant'Iago da Espada (Grau de Oficial) in 1970 both by President Américo Thomaz; Ordem do Infante D.Henrique (Grau Grande Oficial) in 1980 by President Ramalho Eanes; Ordem Militar de Sant'Iago da Espada (Grã Cruz) in 1990 by President Mário Soares. In 2001, posthumously, Amália was awarded with Ordem do Infante D. Henrique (Grã Cruz)by President Jorge Sampaio.

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