BRIGITTE A POLITICAL ANIMAL ; A Life in Two Acts Brigitte Bardot Was Famous as the Original Sex Kitten, but since Then She Has Devoted Herself to Animal Rights. Now She Is Back in Canada, Where She Began the Fight against Seal Culls. David Usborne Reports

Usborne, David, The Independent (London, England)

Famous people usually worry about their legacies. But not Brigitte Bardot, the erstwhile sex kitten of France. "It is not important how people remember me in the future. The most important thing is what happens today. When I am dead and gone I do not care what people think of me."

Bardot, who turns 72 this year, may or may not have been sincere. But what she could never deny is that in this life she has been talked about almost all the time. Hers has been a journey from sex icon to an animal rights champion and occasional sociopolitical provocateur who has attracted as many foes as friends.

Hers, in fact, has been a life in two acts. During the second, she has …

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