Brigitte Bardot, icon of French cinema, dies at 91

FILE PHOTO: French movie star Brigitte Bardot listens during a news conference in Paris, May 6, 2003. The news conference was organised to promote the fight of the Brigitte Bardot foundation against the conditions of transportation of the animals bred for the meat market. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer PW/WS/File Photo

PARIS, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Actress Brigitte Bardot shot to international fame dancing the mambo ‌barefoot in "And God Created Woman", her tousled hair and fierce energy radiating a sexual magnetism rarely before seen in mainstream cinema.

A global icon was born.