Brigitte Bardot, French Movie Icon Who Renounced Stardom, Dies at 91

“And God Created Woman” made her a world-famous sex symbol in the 1950s. She later gave up acting to devote her life to animal welfare.Brigitte Bardot in 1965, when she was at the height of her movie stardom. She was at the Plaza Hotel in New York promoting the western comedy “Viva Maria!” for which she received her only acting-award nomination, in Britain.