She tied the knot for the third time with German millionaire playboy Gunter Sachs in 1966
She was not a devoted mother and her son was raised by Charrier’s family after Bardot divorced him in 1962
She married actor Jacques Charrier in 1959 and had a son with him
Her first marriage was to film director Roger Vadim in 1952 when she was just 18
Beautiful and graceful, she began modeling as a teenager and appeared on the cover of ‘Elle’ in 1950
She was accepted to the Conservatoire de Paris in 1947
Brigitte Bardot was born on 28 September 1934 to Louis Bardot and Anne-Marie
It was a commercial success and she was nominated for Best Foreign Actress at the 20th British Academy Film Awards
The movie was listed as the greatest American comedy film of all time by the American Film Institute in 2000
She was found dead in her home on 5 August 1962 by her psychiatrist Ralph Greenson
Her final film appearance was in ‘The Misfits’ in 1961 in which she played a recently divorced woman
In 1959, she played Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk, a ukulele player and singer in ‘Some Like it Hot’ which was both a critical as well as commercial success
She played ‘the girl’ in the 1955 movie ‘The Seven Year Itch’ which was based on a three-act play of the same name
She portrayed a dumb blonde in the movie ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ in 1953 which went on to become a major hit
She was flooded with film offers in 1952 and appeared in several movies within the year: ‘Monkey Business’, ‘Clash by Night’, ‘We’re Not Married!’, and ‘Don’t Bother to Knock’
She played a small but important role in the 1950 movie, ‘The Asphalt Jungle’ which was based on the novel of the same name
Her first credited role was as a waitress in the 1947 movie, ‘Dangerous Years’
She became a very successful model and got noticed by Ben Lyon, a 20th Century Fox executive who offered her a six-month contract