Bombshell of the Month – Brigitte Bardot
We’re coming over all French this month, so who else could we honour as our Bombshell of the Month, than the wonderful Brigitte Bardot. We adore Brigitte here at BBHQ. We could look at her all day long. We’re sure many men could too!
Brigitte made the hearts of every man in her native country flutter when she first appeared in the public eye in the 1950s. Her debut movie was a 1952 comedy, called Le Trou Normand. She married Roger Vadim in the same year, and incredibly starred in 17 films from 1952 to 1956. “She is every man’s idea of the girl he’d like to meet in Paris,” wrote the film critic Ivon Addams in 1955.
Her films of the early and mid 1950s were generally lightweight romantic dramas, some historical, most where she was cast as an ingénue or siren, and often in varying states of undress.
Vadim however, was not content with this, and looking for something more like an art film to push her as a serious actress, he showcased her in And God Created Woman in 1956, with Jean-Louis Trintignant. The film – about an an immoral teenager in a respectable small-town setting - was a smash hit internationally. Many felt Bardot had done more for French international trade than the entire French car industry!
During her career in show business, Bardot starred in 48 films, and also recorded 80 songs. But she retired in 1973 just before her 40th birthday and has spent the years since campaigning for animal rights.
For part of the month of August, BBHQ will be in France, we’ll not be posting as frequently, and we’ll be keeping a distinctly French feel about things, with Brigitte Bardot’s Get the Look, Friday Fashion and lots more to come!
