Sex symbol of the 1960s, Brigitte Bardot remains a legendary actress of French and international cinema. From her career to her private life and her controversial positions, we look back at the career of a one-of-a-kind star.
His childhood
Brigitte Bardot was born on September 28, 1934, into a bourgeois and Catholic family. Her father was the owner of Usines Bardot, her mother was an artist. During her childhood, the woman who would become an actress suffered from amblyopia: she could not see well in her left eye. Brigitte Bardot was educated according to the strict Catholic tradition, studying in particular at the Institut de la Tour in Paris.