Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Bardot, the French actress whose barefoot dance in And God Created Woman made her a global symbol of screen sensuality and cultural rebellion, has died at the age of 91, her foundation said on Sunday. No cause of death was immediately given.

Bardot’s rise in the mid twentieth century reshaped how female desire and independence were portrayed in mainstream cinema, turning her into one of France’s most recognisable cultural figures and an enduring reference point in global pop culture.

Born in Paris on September twenty eight nineteen thirty four, Bardot grew up in an upper middle class family and …